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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... Theories : Political Obligation or Anarchy ? by Vicente Medina , Seton Hall University Collective Responsibility : Five ... Theory and the Challenge of Feminism : A Philosophical Reconception by Matthew H. Kramer , Cambridge University ...
... Theories : Political Obligation or Anarchy ? by Vicente Medina , Seton Hall University Collective Responsibility : Five ... Theory and the Challenge of Feminism : A Philosophical Reconception by Matthew H. Kramer , Cambridge University ...
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... theory of the exact kind of moral principle that rights represent , the function that rights are to perform , and the justification of attributing rights to people . The extension of rights to encompass an ever greater va- riety of ...
... theory of the exact kind of moral principle that rights represent , the function that rights are to perform , and the justification of attributing rights to people . The extension of rights to encompass an ever greater va- riety of ...
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... theory , rights protect one thing : freedom of action . This limited pur- pose provides the standard necessary for principled discrimination between competing rights claims . In the face of any alleged right , the question to consider ...
... theory , rights protect one thing : freedom of action . This limited pur- pose provides the standard necessary for principled discrimination between competing rights claims . In the face of any alleged right , the question to consider ...
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... theory of rights provides only one component of a complete account of how people ought to live . Rights address freedom of action , but not the overall moral pro- priety of action . Questions concerning how individuals should exer- cise ...
... theory of rights provides only one component of a complete account of how people ought to live . Rights address freedom of action , but not the overall moral pro- priety of action . Questions concerning how individuals should exer- cise ...
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... theory overcomes the inad- equacies of deontological and consequentialist conceptions of rights . Chapter 4 presents the principal shortcomings of these traditional accounts . The deontological model fails to furnish compelling moti ...
... theory overcomes the inad- equacies of deontological and consequentialist conceptions of rights . Chapter 4 presents the principal shortcomings of these traditional accounts . The deontological model fails to furnish compelling moti ...
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