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Author:

Griffin, James, 1933-

Title:

On human rights / James Griffin.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiii, 339 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Human rights.
Human rights--Philosophy.
Mensenrechten.
Ethiek.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-329) and index.

Contents:

Human rights: the incomplete idea -- First steps in an account of human rights -- When human rights conflict -- Whose rights? -- My rights: but whose duties? -- The metaphysics of human rights -- The relativity and ethnocentricity of human rights -- Autonomy -- Liberty -- Welfare -- Human rights: descrepacies between philosophy and international law -- A right to life, a right to death -- Privacy -- Do human rights require a democracy? -- Group rights.

ISBN:

0199238782 (acid-free paper)
9780199238781 (acid-free paper)

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)