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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... rights of political dissidents periodi- cally capture the world's attention . The right to a homeland is invoked by Palestinians , black South Africans , and various ethnic minorities . Third World leaders press for respect for the special ...
... rights of political dissidents periodi- cally capture the world's attention . The right to a homeland is invoked by Palestinians , black South Africans , and various ethnic minorities . Third World leaders press for respect for the special ...
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... rights has expanded dramatically . Each new species of rights and each new evil that rights are to protect against widens the variety of benefits that rights are expected to deliver . Respect for " welfare rights " requires that some ...
... rights has expanded dramatically . Each new species of rights and each new evil that rights are to protect against widens the variety of benefits that rights are expected to deliver . Respect for " welfare rights " requires that some ...
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... respecting rights . Its account of why we should 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 ...
... respecting rights . Its account of why we should 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 ...
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... rights . What enables teleological rights to avert the collapse that has usually sunk consequentialist rights is the nature of the relation posited between means and ends , the manner in which respect for rights is expected to foster ...
... rights . What enables teleological rights to avert the collapse that has usually sunk consequentialist rights is the nature of the relation posited between means and ends , the manner in which respect for rights is expected to foster ...
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... freedom is bound by obligations to respect oth- ers ' freedom , a useful account of freedom must identify exactly which external obstacles can invade freedom . This is the subject of chapter 7. There , I maintain that the single ...
... freedom is bound by obligations to respect oth- ers ' freedom , a useful account of freedom must identify exactly which external obstacles can invade freedom . This is the subject of chapter 7. There , I maintain that the single ...
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