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Title
An introduction to rights / William A. Edmundson.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Call Number
JC571 .E42 2012
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9781107010987 (hardback)
1107010985 (hardback)
9781107648197 (paperback)
110764819X (paperback)
1107010985 (hardback)
9781107648197 (paperback)
110764819X (paperback)
Description
xvi, 184 pages ; 23 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
40020553104
System Control No.
(OCoLC)757147655
Summary
"A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Table of Contents
Preface to the First Edition
xi
A Note on the Second Edition
xiii
A Note on Citation Form
xv
List of Tables
xvi
pt. ONE
THE FIRST EXPANSIONARY ERA
1.
The Prehistory of Rights
3
2.
The Rights of Man: The Enlightenment
13
3.
"Mischievous Nonsense"?
36
4.
Into the Nineteenth Century: Consolidation and Retrenchment
51
5.
The Conceptual Neighborhood of Rights / Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
71
pt. TWO
THE SECOND EXPANSIONARY ERA
6.
The Universal Declaration, and a Revolt Against Utilitarianism
85
7.
The Nature of Rights: "Choice" Theory and "Interest" Theory
96
8.
A Right to Do Wrong? Two Conceptions of Moral Rights
108
9.
The Pressure of Consequentialism
116
10.
What Is Interference?
131
11.
The Future of Rights
140
12.
Conclusion
160
Bibliographical Notes
163
References
167
Index
173