Kant, human rights, and courts / Andreas Follesdal. Kantian underpinnings for a theory of multirights / Howard Williams -- Kant's juridical idea of human rights / Ariel Zylberman -- Human rights jurisprudence seen through the framework of Kant's legal metaphors / Sofie Møller -- A Kantian defense of the right to health care / Luke J. Davies -- Human rights duties are collective duties of justice / Özlem Ayse Özgèur -- The democratic paradox of international human rights courts : a Kantian solution? / Svenja Ahlhaus -- Extraordinary politics and the democratic legitimacy of international human rights courts / Markus Patberg -- Kantian courts : on the legitimacy of international human rights courts / Reidar Maliks -- Why Kant is not a democratic peace theorist / Aviva Shiller -- Kant, human rights, and courts / Andreas Follesdal.
Summary:
"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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