Human Duties and the Limits of Human Rights Discourse
This book demonstrates the importance of a duty-based approach to morality. The dominance of what has been labeled “rights talk” leads to the neglect of duties without corresponding rights (e.g., duties of virtue) and stimulates the proliferation of questionable human rights. Therefore, this book ar...
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| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Series: | Studies in Global Justice,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66957-1 |
Table of Contents:
- List Of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Debate Concerning Human Duties
- Chapter 2 Duties and Rights
- Chapter 3 Two Contentious Duties
- Chapter 4 Subsistence Needs and Individual Duties
- Chapter 5 Duties to the Community and Civic Virtue
- Conclusion.