Moral Rights and Political FreedomRowman & Littlefield, 1995 - 224 Seiten Seeking a way out of today's bewildering rush of rights claims, Tara Smith's Moral Rights and Political Freedom offers a systematic account of the nature and foundations of rights. The book carefully elucidates what political freedom is and demonstrates why it should be protected by rights. Smith's thesis is that rights are teleological: respect for freedom is necessary for individuals' flourishing or eudaimonia. Smith illustrates how many alleged rights would actually undermine that objective. Her decisive refutation of the assumption that conflicts between rights are inevitable--demonstrating how such conflicts are theoretically incoherent and practically self-defeating--should go a long way toward resolving many contemporary disputes about rights. |
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... nature of the threat . The subversive assault on rights is dangerous largely because it is hidden . It is more difficult to battle because it is more difficult to detect . Until we appreciate that rights are under attack , we will not ...
... nature of the threat . The subversive assault on rights is dangerous largely because it is hidden . It is more difficult to battle because it is more difficult to detect . Until we appreciate that rights are under attack , we will not ...
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... nature and foundations of rights . At root , the burgeoning of rights claims arises from our failure ever to have fully formulated and adequately defended a theory of the exact kind of moral principle that rights represent , the ...
... nature and foundations of rights . At root , the burgeoning of rights claims arises from our failure ever to have fully formulated and adequately defended a theory of the exact kind of moral principle that rights represent , the ...
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... book falls into two main parts , first discussing rights and then discussing free- dom . The final chapter unites my findings , applying the explanation of the nature of freedom and the basis of rights Introduction 5.
... book falls into two main parts , first discussing rights and then discussing free- dom . The final chapter unites my findings , applying the explanation of the nature of freedom and the basis of rights Introduction 5.
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... nature of rights . It is a symp- tom of our failure to have adequately grappled with the subject that philosophers have rarely ventured straightforward definitions of rights . While authors have been eager to tackle the subtleties of ...
... nature of rights . It is a symp- tom of our failure to have adequately grappled with the subject that philosophers have rarely ventured straightforward definitions of rights . While authors have been eager to tackle the subtleties of ...
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... nature of individual well - being and the way in which it can be achieved reveals that egoism is not the sin it is generally presumed to be . Influenced by Aristotle's portrait of eudaimonia , I argue that well - being must be self ...
... nature of individual well - being and the way in which it can be achieved reveals that egoism is not the sin it is generally presumed to be . Influenced by Aristotle's portrait of eudaimonia , I argue that well - being must be self ...
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