Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsexamines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. Edited by William Sweet, this volume draws on the works of philosophers, political theorists and those involved in the implementation of human rights. The essays, although diverse in method and approach, collectively argue that the language of rights and corresponding legal and political instruments have an important place in contemporary social political philosophy.
Contents
?Introduction:?Theories of Rights and Political and Legal Instruments?
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1. Natural Law and Natural Rights?
??????? Howard Kainz?
2. The Ethical Background of the Rights of Women: Cudworth, Macaulay and Wollstonecraft?
??????? Sarah Hutton?
3. Philosophical Anthropology, the Saumur Philosophers, and Economic Rights?
??????? Leslie Armour?
4. T. H. Green on Rights and the Common Good?
??????? Rex Martin?
5. A Postsecular Exchange: Jacques Maritain, John Dewey, And Karl Marx?
??????? Thomas Jeannot
The United Nations Declaration and Human Rights6. Human Rights:? 50 Years Later?
??????? Mostafa Faghfoury?
7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Maritain and the Universality Of Human Rights?
??????? Bradley Munro?
8. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada?
??????? Jack Iwanicki?
9. Human Rights and the Survival Imperative: Rwanda's Troubled Legacy?
??????? Philip Lancaster
Rights after the UN Declaration
10. Reconciling Individual Rights and the Common Good: Aquinas and Contemporary Canadian Law?
??????? Jason West and Paul Groarke?
11. Solidarity and Human Rights?
??????? William Sweet?
12. Universal HumlÃe
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