Which Rights Should Be Universal?

Name: Which Rights Should Be Universal?
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ISBN: 9780195331349

ISBN-10: 0195331346

ISBN-13: 9780195331349

Edition: 2007

Authors: William Talbott

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident..." So begins the U.S. Declaration of Independence. What follows those words is a ringing endorsement of universal rights, but it is far from self-evident. Why did the authors claim that it was? William Talbott suggests that they were trapped by a presupposition of Enlightenment philosophy: That there was only one way to rationally justify universal truths, by proving them from self-evident premises. With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that the authors of the U.S. Declaration had no infallible source of moral truth. For example, many of the authors of the Declaration of Independence endorsed slavery. The wrongness of slavery was not…

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List price: $57.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English




Introduction



The Proof Paradigm and the Moral Discovery Paradigm



Cultural Relativism about Human Rights



An Epistemically Modest Universal Moral Standpoint



The Development of Women's Rights as a Microcosm of the Development of Human Rights



Autonomy Rights



Political Rights



Clarifications and Objections



Conclusion


Notes


References


Index