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100 1 _aEdmundson, William A.
_q(William Atkins),
_d1948-
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to rights /
_cWilliam A. Edmundson.
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2004.
300 _axv, 223 p. ;
_c23 cm.
440 0 _aCambridge introductions to philosophy and law
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index.
505 0 _aPART 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.
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aHuman rights.
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