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Chargement... The Idea of Human Rights (2009)par Charles R. Beitz
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Not an especially easy book to absorb, but well worth the effort. Beitz is a singular representative of the "human rights as practice" school, and thus his meticulously structured arguments comprehensively present the case for the view that human rights, rather than being grounded in a foundational moral nature of "humans as such," is a sui generis emergent global practice of states as far as it gives reasons for external intervention when a state fails to protect certain defined interests of its own citizens. Beitz reviews some of the consequences of this view (e.g., while there may be a human right to self-determination, there is not one to democracy). The reader may not (even should not) agree with all details of his thesis, but it would be difficult to name a more representative text for this point of view. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The international doctrine of human rights is one of the most ambitious parts of the settlement of World War II. Since then, the language of human rights has become the common language of social criticism in global political life. This book is a theoretical examination of the central idea of that language, the idea of a human right. In contrast to more conventional philosophical studies, the author takes a practical approach, looking at the history and political practice of humanrights for guidance in understanding the central idea. The author presents a model of human rights as matters of int Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)323.01Social sciences Political Science Civil and political rights Civil Rights Theory And InstructionClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Anyway, the destructive part is useful, mostly in putting together orderly obvious objections and giving them "academic" dignity.
The constructive part... weak (although it might be that it can't be otherwise), not to mention boring :) ( )