This book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thought about rights. It examines what it is to have a right and what is distinctive about political moralities that give a fundamental place to rights. The varied grounds and implications of claiming rights to liberties, socio-economic rights and democratic rights are considered and the book concludes with an examination of the theoretical objections and the practical difficulties that proponents of rights have to confront.
| ISBN: | 9780333361368 |
| Publication date: | 14th December 1994 |
| Author: | Peter Jones |
| Publisher: | Red Globe Press an imprint of Macmillan Education UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 258 pages |
| Series: | Issues in Political Theory |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory Human rights, civil rights Social and political philosophy |
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thought about rights. It examines what it is to have a right and what is distinctive about political moralities that give a fundamental place to rights. The varied grounds and implications of claiming rights to liberties, socio-economic rights and democratic rights are considered and the book concludes with an examination of the theoretical objections and the practical difficulties that proponents of rights have to confront.
Rights features in the following genres: Political science and theory, Human rights, civil rights, Social and political philosophy
Rights is available in Paperback, Ebook
Rights was written by Peter Jones and published by Red Globe Press an imprint of Macmillan Education UK
Rights has 258 pages
Yes it is part of Issues in Political Theory series