Kantian theory and human rights / edited by Andreas Føllesdal and Reidar Maliks.

New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.

©2014

K3240 .K363 2014

9780415857697 (hbk.)
0415857694 (hbk.)
9780203796559 (ebk.)
0203796551 (ebk.)

xxii, 209 pages ; 24 cm.

(OCoLC)826896326

"The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted to explore exactly how human rights should be understood in a Kantian framework. The scholars in this have gathered to fill this gap. Divided in three parts, firstly the Kantian notion of human rights is explored, with particular emphasis on how it applies to levels of government beyond the state. The second part explores the scope of human rights, including the contentious questions of whether it includes welfare rights and freedom of speech across borders. The topic of the final section is human rights institutions, with a special focus on the legitimacy of international human rights courts. Human rights have become a force to reckon with in international politics. This book, written by an international team of specialists on Kant and human rights, contributes to understanding a major political development of our times"-- Provided by publisher.

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