ON HUMAN RIGHTS

by Shute, Stephen; Hurley, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780465052240
• ISBN10: 046505224X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-08-26
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Seven leading political philosophers grapple with the key question of contemporary political philosophy: articulating universal human rights that always apply in all cultures.

Author Biography

Stephen Shute is a fellow and tutor in law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.Susan Hurley is a fellow and tutor in philosophy at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, and author of Natural Reasons: Personality and Polity. She has been elected to a chair in political and ethical theory at the University of Warwick. Stephen Shute is a fellow and tutor in law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.Susan Hurley is a fellow and tutor in philosophy at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, and author of Natural Reasons: Personality and Polity. She has been elected to a chair in political and ethical theory at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

Preface To The Oxford Amnesty Lectures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Five Fables About Human Rights	p. 19
The Law of Peoples	p. 41
Crimes of War Crimes of Peace	p. 83
Human Rights Rationality, And Sentimentality	p. 111
The Other's Rights	p. 135
The Limits To Natural Law And The Paradox of Evil	p. 149
Majority Rule And Individual Rights	p. 175
Introduction	p. 176
Conclusion	p. 204
Notes	p. 217
Contributors	p. 257
Index	p. 259
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