Uniquely Human The Basis of Human Rights

Name: Uniquely Human The Basis of Human Rights
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ISBN: 9781483685656

ISBN-10: 1483685659

ISBN-13: 9781483685656

Edition: 2013

Authors: Gabriel Moran

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The basis of human rights remains in need of exploration. The effectiveness of the language of human rights is threatened by its widespread but uncritical use. This book is neither a sermon to believers nor an attack by a skeptic. It is a critical look at the basis of those few rights that are genuinely universal, for example, a right not to be tortured or a right to basic subsistence. A human right is a claim that every human being can make on the whole human race. The rights that are specifically human arise from a human respect for all living beings. There is still a widespread assumption that "human rights" is just another name for the confused idea of "natural rights" from the…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English