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Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Overview

Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights examines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. Edited by William Sweet, this volume draws on the works of philosophers, political theorists and those involved in the implementation of human rights. The essays, although diverse in method and approach, collectively argue that the language of rights and corresponding legal and political instruments have an important place in contemporary social political philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780776605586
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Publication date: 05/26/2003
Series: Actexpress
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: Theories of Rights and Political and Legal Instruments

William Sweet

Theories of Rights


  1. 1. Natural Law and Natural Rights

    Howard Kainz

    2. The Ethical Background of the Rights of Women: Cudworth, Macaulay and Wollstonecraft

    Sarah Hutton

    3. Philosophical Anthropology, the Saumur Philosophers, and Economic Rights

    Leslie Armour

    4. T. H. Green on Rights and the Common Good

    Rex Martin

    5. A Postsecular Exchange: Jacques Maritain, John Dewey, And Karl Marx

    Thomas Jeannot


The United Nations Declaration and Human Rights

  1. 6. Human Rights: 50 Years Later

    Mostafa Faghfoury

    7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Maritain and the Universality Of Human Rights

    Bradley Munro

    8. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada

    Jack Iwanicki

    9. Human Rights and the Survival Imperative: Rwanda's Troubled Legacy

    Philip Lancaster


Rights after the UN Declaration


  1. 10. Reconciling Individual Rights and the Common Good: Aquinas and Contemporary Canadian Law

    Jason West and Paul Groarke

    11. Solidarity and Human Rights

    William Sweet

    12. Universal Human Rights and Aboriginal Land Claims

    David Lea

    13. Moderating the Philosophy of Rights

    Ralph Nelson

    14. MacIntyre or Gewirth? Virtue, Rights, and the Problem Of Moral Indeterminacy

    Gregory Walters

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