Persons, rights, and the moral community:
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1. Verfasser: Lomasky, Loren E. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1990
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Beschreibung:This book provides a complete and convincing account of what rights we do and do not have, who has them, and why. Presenting the foundations of a liberal, individualistic theory of rights, Lomasky explains the place of rights within the overall structure of morality, arguing for the moral importance of individual commitments to and pursuit of "projects." After developing his theory of basic rights, Lomasky demonstrates its implications for a variety of problems and issues, including property rights, the rights of children, and the status of the unborn, defective persons, animals, and
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index
1. The Use and Abuse of Basic Rights; 2. Persons and Projects; 3. Projects and the Nature of Ethics; 4. The Derivation of Basic Rights; 5. Two Concepts of Liberalism; 6. Property Rights Within a Liberal Order; 7. Extending the Moral Community: Children; 8. At the Margin; 9. Beyond Basic Rights; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 283 pages)
ISBN:0198021224
9780198021223

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