In Defense of Human Rights: A Non-Religious Grounding in a Pluralistic World - Couverture souple

Kohen, Ari

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 041547969X ISBN 13 : 9780415479691

Editeur : Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Kohen Ari

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The argument that religion provides the only compelling foundation for human rights is both challenging and thought-provoking and answering it is of fundamental importance to the furthering of the human rights agenda.

This book establishes an equally compelling non-religious foundation for the idea of human rights, engaging with the writings of many key thinkers in the field, including Michael J. Perry, Alan Gewirth, Ronald Dworkin and Richard Rorty. Ari Kohen draws on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a political consensus of overlapping ideas from cultures and communities around the world that establishes the dignity of humans and argues that this dignity gives rise to collective human rights. In constructing this consensus, we have succeeded in establishing a practical non-religious foundation upon which the idea of human rights can rest.

In Defense of Human Rights will be of interest to students and scholars of political theory, philosophy, religious studies and human rights.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ari Kohen has been Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Political Science at James Madison University, USA; from August 2007, he will be Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 041547969X
• ISBN 13: 9780415479691
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224