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020 _a9781107648197 (paperback)
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082 0 0 _a323
_bEDM.I
100 1 _aEdmundson, William A.
245 1 3 _aAn Introduction to rights /
_cWilliam A. Edmundson.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axvi, 184 p. ;
490 1 _aCambridge introductions to philosophy and law
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Part I. The First Expansionary Era: 1. The prehistory of rights; 2. The rights of man: the enlightenment; 3. Mischievous nonsense?; 4. The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment; 5. The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld; Part II. The Second Expansionary Era: 6. The universal declaration, and a revolt against utilitarianism; 7. The nature of rights: 'choice' theory and 'interest' theory; 8. A right to do wrong? two conceptions of moral rights; 9. The pressure of consequentialism; 10. What is interference?; 11. The future of rights; 12. Conclusion.
520 _a"A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"--
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aHuman rights.
942 _cBK
999 _c373862
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