Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives

by Frohnen, Bruce P.; Grasso, Kenneth L.

• ISBN13: 9780826218315
• ISBN10: 0826218318
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-26
• Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr

Summary

As reports of genocide, terrorism, and political violence fill today's newcasts, more attention has been given to issues of human rights-but all too often the sound bites seem overly simplistic. Many Westerners presume that non-Western peoples yearn for democratic rights, while liberal values of toleration give way to xenophobia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Rights in a Multicultural Age	p. 1
Historical Roots of Modern Rights: Before Locke and After	p. 34
Natural Rights and Social Contract in Burke and Bellarmine	p. 58
Natural Law, Natural Rights, and the Declaration of Independence	p. 80
Individual and Group Rights: Self-Government and Claims of Right in Historical Practice	p. 106
The Ontology of Rights	p. 132
The Historical and Communal Roots of Legal Rights and the Erosion of the State	p. 153
Reintegrating Rights: Catholicism, Social Ontology, and Contemporary Rights Discourse	p. 177
Toward a Social Pluralist Theory of Institutional Rights	p. 212
Epilogue: Toward an Integrative Vision	p. 241
Notes on the Contributors	p. 252
Index	p. 255
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