Human rights / Kerri Woods.
"What are human rights? Why do we have them? How do we know for sure which rights are specific to humans? And how should we respond when we disagree on them and on the obligations we owe to others who claim human rights? These are just a few of the questions taken up in this broad-ranging and system...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Series: | Issues in political theory (Basingstoke, England)
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| Physical Description: | xi, 209 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- What is a human right?
- A brief history of human rights
- Philosophical foundations for human rights
- A political conception of human rights
- Religion and human rights
- Universalism and relativism
- Minority groups and minority rights
- Global poverty and human rights
- Environmental human rights?