Ch. 1. Introduction
1. Why there is a problem
2. Forms of skepticism
3. Approach
Ch. 2. The practice
4. Origins
5. Doctrine
6. Implementation
7. An emergent practice
8. Problems
Ch. 3. Naturalistic theories
9. Naturalism about human rights
10. Persons "as such" (1) : the demand side
11. Persons "as such" (2) : the supply side
Ch. 4. Agreement theories
12. "Common core" and "overlapping consensus"
13. The appeal of agreement conceptions
14. Progressive convergence
Ch. 5. A fresh start
15. Human rights in The Law of Peoples
16. The idea of a practical conception
17. A two-level model
18. "Manifesto rights"
19. The role of states
Ch. 6. Normativity
20. What human rights are for
21. A schema
22. Minimalism and social justice
23. Toleration (1) : the domestic analogy
24. Toleration (2) : the autonomy of peoples
Ch. 7. International concern
25. Anti-poverty rights
26. Political rights
27. Human rights of women
Ch. 8. Conclusion
28. Residues of skepticism
29. Pathologies
30. Human rights and global normative order.