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Introduction to Rights

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ISBN-10: 110764819X

ISBN-13: 9781107648197

Edition: 2nd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: William A. Edmundson

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The only accessible and readable introduction to rights.
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Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Preface to the First Edition
A Note on the Second Edition
A Note on Citation Form
List of Tables
The First Expansionary Era
The Prehistory of Rights
The Rights of Man: The Enlightenment
"Mischievous Nonsense"?
Into the Nineteenth Century: Consolidation and Retrenchment
The Conceptual Neighborhood of Rights by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
The Second Expansionary Era
The Universal Declaration, and a Revolt Against Utilitarianism
The Nature of Rights: "Choice" Theory and "Interest" Theory
A Right to Do Wrong? Two Conceptions of Moral Rights
The Pressure of Consequentialism
What Is Interference?
The Future of Rights
Conclusion
Bibliographical Notes
References
Index