An Introduction to Rights: Second Edition - Couverture souple

Edmundson, William A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 110764819X ISBN 13 : 9781107648197

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

An Introduction to Rights is a readable and accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications and political tendencies of the idea of rights. It is organized chronologically and discusses important historical events such as the French and American Revolutions. It treats a range of historical figures, including Grotius, Paley, Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, Burke, Godwin, Douglass, Mill and Hohfeld and relates the concept of rights to contemporary debates such as consequentialism versus contractualism. This thoroughly updated second edition includes a new preface and expands the discussion of the surprising role that slavery has played in the history of rights. It includes new material on egalitarianism, distributive justice and what the demand for equal rights means.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William A. Edmundson is Regents' Professor of Law and of Philosophy at Georgia State University. He is the author of Three Anarchical Fallacies and is co-editor of The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 110764819X
• ISBN 13: 9781107648197
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 202
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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