On Human Rights.

What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new investigation of human rights. - ;What is a human right? H...

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Main Author: Griffin, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2008.
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Summary:What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new investigation of human rights. - ;What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? These are pressing questions for philosophers, political theorists, jurisprudents, international lawyers, and activists. James Griffi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (354 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-329) and index.
ISBN:9780191553509
0191553506
1281341282
9781281341280