An introduction to rights / William A. Edmundson.
Series: Cambridge introductions to philosophy and lawPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xv, 223 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0521803985 (hardback)
- 0521008700 (pbk.)
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- JC571 .E42 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index.
PART I. THE FIRST EXPANSIONARY ERA: 1. The prehistory of rights -- 2. The rights of man: The Enlightenment -- 3. 'Mischievous nonsense'? -- 4. The nineteenth century: Consolidation and retrenchment -- 5. The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld. PART II. THE SECOND EXPANSIONARY ERA: 6. The universal declaration and a revolt against utilitarianism -- 7. The nature of rights: 'choice' theory and 'interest' theory -- 8. A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights -- 9. The pressure of consequentialism -- 10. What is interference? -- 11. The future of rights -- 12. Conclusion.
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