Gewirth, Alan.

Human Rights, Essays on Justifications and Applications.

Chicago, London, University of Chicago Press, 1982. 22.7cm x 15.1cm. XI, 366 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Includes for Example: Fifteen essays/ detailed elaboration of a justificatory argument, first fully presented in his monumental work “Reason and Morality”/ the applications of the principle of human rights to some of the most important issues of human life, including the relief of starvations, the prevention of cancer, the basis of political obligation, and the democratic effectiveness of civil liberties/ the future of ethics: the moral powers of reason/ must one play the moral language game?/ can utilitarianism justify any moral rights?/ human rights and the prevention of cancer/ starvation and human rights/ individual rights and political-military obligations/ civil disobedience, law, and morality/ civil liberties as effective powers/ the claims of the selective conscientious objector etc.

• Keywords: Catalogue One – History of Law · Human Rights · Law · Menschenrechte
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226288781
• Inventory Number: 28963AB

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