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The Ethics of Human Rights
Esther D. Reed
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Description for The Ethics of Human Rights
Paperback. Constructs a Christian theology of "right," "rights" and "natural rights". Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
In The Ethics of Human Rights, Esther Reed constructs a Christian theology of ""right,"" ""rights"" and ""natural rights"" and does so in constant awareness of and conversation with the public and political implications of such a theology. Reed's use of Genesis 9:1-17, God's covenant with Noah, enables her critical Christian engagement with issue of right and her application of this Christian theology of rights to the contemporary moral dilemmas of animal rights, the environment, and democracy.
In The Ethics of Human Rights, Esther Reed constructs a Christian theology of ""right,"" ""rights"" and ""natural rights"" and does so in constant awareness of and conversation with the public and political implications of such a theology. Reed's use of Genesis 9:1-17, God's covenant with Noah, enables her critical Christian engagement with issue of right and her application of this Christian theology of rights to the contemporary moral dilemmas of animal rights, the environment, and democracy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781932792973
SKU
V9781932792973
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99-1
About Esther D. Reed
Esther D. Reed is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Exeter, and the author of The Future of Christian Social Ethics (2004), The Genesis of Ethics (2002), and Theological Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1996).
Reviews for The Ethics of Human Rights
Esther Reed brings together her reading of the Bible and her reading of the contemporary world to make the case that the Protestant churches should give their wholehearted support to the human rights movement. At the same time, she warns against the hi-jacking of the human rights agenda by the wealthy and the powerful. This is a powerfully ... Read more