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1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Basic rights and beyond / Charles R. Beitz and Robert E. Goodin -- On rights and institutions / Christian Reus-Smit -- Another turn of the wheel? / Andrew Hurrell -- Are there any basic rights? / Judith Lichtenberg -- The alleged dichotomy between positive and negative rights and duties / Elizabeth Ashford -- Shue on rights and duties / Thomas Pogge -- No borders, no bystanders : developing individual and institutional capacities for global moral responsibility / Neta C. Crawford -- Global power and economic justice / Richard W. Miller -- Unthinking the ticking bomb / David Luban -- Security as a basic right (after 9/11) / Jeremy Waldron -- Human rights, responsibilities, and climate change / Simon Caney. |
| Summary |
"Politically, as well as philosophically, concerns with human rights have permeated many of the most important debates on social justice worldwide for fully a half-century. Henry Shue's 1980 book on Basic Rights proved to be a pioneering contribution to those debates, and one that continues to elicit both critical and constructive comment. Global Basic Rights brings together many of the most influential contemporary writers in political philosophy andinternational relations - Charles Beitz, Robert Goodin, Christian Reus-Smit, Andrew Hurrell, Judith Lichtenberg, Elizabeth Ashford, Thomas Pogge, Neta Crawford, Richard Miller, David Luban, Jeremy Waldron and Simon Caney- to explore some of the most challenging theoretical and practical questions that Shue's work provokes. Theserange from the question of the responsibilities of the global rich to redress severe poverty to the permissibility of using torture to gain information to fight international terrorism. The contributors explore the continuing value of the idea of 'basic rights' in understanding moral challenges as diverse as child labor and global climate change"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human rights. |
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Social justice.
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Social justice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Added Author |
Beitz, Charles R.
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Goodin, Robert E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Global basic rights. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199570263 (DLC) 2009924642 (OCoLC)313665008 |
| ISBN |
9780191570704 (electronic book) |
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0191570702 (electronic book) |
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9780199570263 (cloth) |
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0199570264 (cloth) |
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