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Moral and Political Conceptions of Human Rights: Implications for Theory and Practice
Reidar Maliks
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In recent years, political philosophers have debated whether human rights are a special class of moral rights we all possess simply by virtue of our common humanity and which are universal in time and space, or whether they are essentially modern political constructs defined by the role they play in an international legal-political practice that regulates the relationship between the governments of sovereign states and their citizens. This edited volume sets out to further this debate and move it ahead by rethinking some of its fundamental premises and applying it to new and challenging domains, such as socio-economic rights, indigenous ... Read more
In recent years, political philosophers have debated whether human rights are a special class of moral rights we all possess simply by virtue of our common humanity and which are universal in time and space, or whether they are essentially modern political constructs defined by the role they play in an international legal-political practice that regulates the relationship between the governments of sovereign states and their citizens. This edited volume sets out to further this debate and move it ahead by rethinking some of its fundamental premises and applying it to new and challenging domains, such as socio-economic rights, indigenous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107153974
SKU
V9781107153974
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About Reidar Maliks
Reidar Maliks is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Universitetet i Oslo. His main research interests focus on political philosophy, including human rights, constitutionalism and the philosophy of Kant. Johan Karlsson Schaffer is an Associate Professor at the School of Global Studies, Goeteborgs Universitet, Sweden and a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Universitetet i Oslo. ... Read more
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