| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Two approaches to human rights / Carl Wellman -- Taking rights out of human rights / John Tasioulas -- When the good alone isn't good enough / David A. Reidy -- The egalitarianism of human rights / Allen Buchanan -- Human rights, human agency and respect: extending Griffin's view / Rowan Cruft -- Griffin on human rights: form and substance / Roger Crisp -- Personhood versus human needs as grounds for human rights / David Miller -- Griffin on human rights / Brad Hooker -- Griffin on human rights to liberty / James W. Nickel -- Replies / James Griffin |
| Summary |
This volume presents responses to the work of James Griffin, one of the most significant contributors to the contemporary debate over human rights. Leading moral and political philosophers engage with Griffin's views - according to which human rights are best understood as protections of our agency and personhood - and Griffin offers his own reply |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 23, 2014) |
| Subject |
Griffin, James, 1933- On human rights
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Human rights.
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Human rights -- Philosophy
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Human rights
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Human rights -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crisp, Roger, 1961-
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Oxford University Press.
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| ISBN |
9780191760990 |
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0191760994 |
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