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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... recognize only a few . My earliest work in this area was guided by Susan Wolf and Ri- chard Flathman at Johns Hopkins University , and I remain grateful to both of them for their careful , substantive commentary on my writ- ing as well ...
... recognize only a few . My earliest work in this area was guided by Susan Wolf and Ri- chard Flathman at Johns Hopkins University , and I remain grateful to both of them for their careful , substantive commentary on my writ- ing as well ...
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... recognizing still further claims as rights . Once a few such claims are given a receptive hearing , people are ... recognized . The result is an even greater proliferation of rights claims , more rights gridlock , and further diminution ...
... recognizing still further claims as rights . Once a few such claims are given a receptive hearing , people are ... recognized . The result is an even greater proliferation of rights claims , more rights gridlock , and further diminution ...
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... recognizing claims as strong as rights . Until these questions are given systematic answers , we will have no prin ... recognize this claim allow curtailment of the alleged rightholder's freedom of ac- tion ? This thesis will only move ...
... recognizing claims as strong as rights . Until these questions are given systematic answers , we will have no prin ... recognize this claim allow curtailment of the alleged rightholder's freedom of ac- tion ? This thesis will only move ...
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... recognize rights tends to provide a description of the practice , rather than a justification of it . While a consequentialist defense offers the advan- tage of tying respect for rights to practical benefits , it suffers from the ...
... recognize rights tends to provide a description of the practice , rather than a justification of it . While a consequentialist defense offers the advan- tage of tying respect for rights to practical benefits , it suffers from the ...
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... recognized instances of freedom infringement without relying on certain moral presuppositions . ( One cannot isolate the wrong in a rape without assuming that the victim has a moral title that is violated . ) In attempting to explain ...
... recognized instances of freedom infringement without relying on certain moral presuppositions . ( One cannot isolate the wrong in a rape without assuming that the victim has a moral title that is violated . ) In attempting to explain ...
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