Universal Human Rights Moral Order in a Divided World,9780742548619

Universal Human Rights Moral Order in a Divided World

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ISBN13: 9780742548619
ISBN10: 0742548619
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-07-21
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept of universal human rights. This collection of essays explores the foundations of universal human rights in four sections devoted to their nature, application, enforcement, and limits, concluding that shared rights help to constitute a universal human community, which supports local customs and separate state sovereignty. The eleven contributors to this volume demonstrate from their very different perspectives how human rights can help to bring moral order to an otherwise divided world. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1(16)
David A. Reidy and Mortimer N.S. Sellers
Part I The Nature of Human Rights
2 The Structure of Arguments for Human Rights
17(20)
Alistair M. Macleod
3 Human Rights: Constitutional and International
37(22)
Rex Martin
4 Universalism and Relativism in Human Rights
59(22)
David Duquette
Part II The Particular in Universal Human Rights
5 Are Women Human? Feminist Reflections on "Women's Rights as Human Rights"
81(28)
Lucinda Joy Peach
6 Human Rights and the Ethic of Listening
109(18)
Helen Stacy
7 Rights against Institutions: What Governments Should and Can Do
127(14)
William Nelson
Part III Enforcing Universal Human Rights
8 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention
141(14)
Steven P. Lee
9 Genocide and Political Responsibility
155(18)
Larry May
10 Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court
173(16)
Kenneth Henley
Part IV Rights in Extremis
11 Is Terrorism Ever Morally Permissible? An Inquiry into the Right to Life
189(20)
Stephen Nathanson
12 Thwarting Suicide Terrorists: The Locus of Moral Constraints and the (Ir)Relevance of "Human Rights"
209(20)
Jonathan Schonsheck
Index 229(8)
About the Editors and Contributors 237

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