Description: Rights are basic building blocks of the contemporary state and yet their rigorous justification is notoriously difficult. This book provides a thorough analysis of this central topic in modern political discourse. The book challenges the orthodox view that rights are a type of property claim in one's body. Drawing on the tradition of the social contract as well as the wealth of recent work in political theory the book argues for a different conception of rights. Rights are conceived as a certain type of political claim, justified by a Kantian ideal of autonomy. Moreover, that justification provides a moral basis for rights that, while independent of law and custom, is also tied to an image of citizenship particularly suited to the pluralistic nature of contemporary liberal society.
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EAN: 9780198279631
UPC: 9780198279631
ISBN: 9780198279631
MPN: N/A
Format: Paperback, 248 pages
Author: Ingram, Attracta (Lecturer, Department of Politics
Book Title: A Political Theory of Rights
Item Height: 1.4 cm
Item Length: 21.6 cm
Item Weight: 0.33 kg
Item Width: 14 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: OUP Oxford
