An introduction to rights / William A. Edmundson.
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| Superior document: | Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law.
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| Physical Description: | xv, 223 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. The first expansionary era. The prehistory of rights ; The rights of man: the Enlightenment ; "Mischievous nonsense"? ; The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment ; The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
- pt. II. The second expansionary era. The Universal Declaration and a revolt against utilitarianism ; The nature of rights: "choice" theory and "interest" theory ; A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights ; The pressure of consequentialism ; What is interference? ; The future of rights ; Conclusion.