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The Community of Rights
Alan Gewirth
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Description for The Community of Rights
Paperback. A sequel to "Reason and Morality" by Alan Gewirth, this work extends his principle of equal and universal human rights, the principle of generic consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy. It argues that the ethical principles that guide individuals apply also to the state. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
In this sequel to "Reason and Morality" Alan Gewirth extends his fundamental principle of equal and universal human rights, the principle of generic consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy, exploring its implications for both social and economic rights. He argues that the ethical requirements logically imposed on individual action hold equally for the supportive state as a community of rights, whose chief function is to maintain and promote the universal human rights to freedom and well-being. Such social afflictions as unemployment, homelessness, and poverty are basic violations of these rights, which the supportive state is required to ... Read more
In this sequel to "Reason and Morality" Alan Gewirth extends his fundamental principle of equal and universal human rights, the principle of generic consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy, exploring its implications for both social and economic rights. He argues that the ethical requirements logically imposed on individual action hold equally for the supportive state as a community of rights, whose chief function is to maintain and promote the universal human rights to freedom and well-being. Such social afflictions as unemployment, homelessness, and poverty are basic violations of these rights, which the supportive state is required to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226288819
SKU
V9780226288819
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99-50
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