A Debate over Rights: Philosophical Enquiries - Couverture rigide

Kramer, Matthew H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 019826853X ISBN 13 : 9780198268536

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

The authors of this volume engage in a lively debate over the fundamental characteristics of legal and moral rights. Each author considers whether rights essentially protect individuals' interests or whether they instead essentially enable individuals to make choices. The book addresses many questions including: what are the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a right; what is the connection between the existence and the enforcement of a right (i.e., between rights and remedies); does the identification of rights inevitably involve value judgements; and to what extent can rights be in conflict? The answers to these and related questions can clarify, though not finally resolve, some of the controversies over abortion, euthanasia, and animal rights.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The authors of this volume engage in essay form in a lively debate over the fundamental characteristics of legal and moral rights. Each author considers whether rights essentially protect individuals' interests or whether they instead essentially enable individuals to make choices. The book addresses many questions including: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a right? What is the connection between the existence and the enforcement of a right (i.e., between rights and remedies)? Does the identification of rights inevitably involve value judgements? To what extent can rights be in conflict? The answers to these and related questions can illuminatingly clarify, though not finally resolve, some of the present-day controversies over abortion, euthanasia, and animal rights. Anyone interested in the basic nature of rights and other entitlements will profit from reading this book.

Revue de presse

the authors expound their positions with admirable vigor and clarity. This work will certainly be of significant interest to anyone concerned with the Hohfeldian jural framework, the "Interest" and "Will" theories of Rights, on the rival analytic and evaluative approaches to the philosophical foundations of rights theory. It is, then, a more than welcome addition to our ongoing "debate over rights" (Jack Wade Nowlin, Dept. of Politics, Princeton University)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019826853X
• ISBN 13: 9780198268536
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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