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Human rights ethics : a rational approach / Clark Butler.
| Author/creator | Butler, Clark, 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xiii, 293 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Purdue human rights studies series Purdue human rights studies series. ^A781749 |
| Contents | Foreword / by Steven V. Hicks -- Preface -- Equal human rights -- Natural rights, human rights -- Natural law-based human rights theories -- Procedural human rights theories -- Habermas's procedural justification of human rights -- Human rights in the open society -- A dialectical justification of human rights -- The ethics of respect for human rights -- The standard of dialogical rationality -- Human rights ethics vs. the classical normative theories -- Getting around the conflict of rights -- The right to freedom of thought and its internationally declared conditions -- The United Nations Universal Declaration -- World governance, world government. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007043142 |
| ISBN | 9781557534804 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1557534802 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | JC 571 .B883 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |