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Pages: 276
Authors: James W. Nickel
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends the contemporary conception of human rights. Combining philosophica
The Idea of Human Rights
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Charles R. Beitz
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-28 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Human rights have become one of the most important moral concepts in global political life over the last 60 years. Charles Beitz, one of the world's leading phi
The Moral Landscape
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Sam Harris
Categories: Philosophy
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Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.
Making Sense of Humanity
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Bernard Williams
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-06-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Jack Donnelly
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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(unseen), $12.95. Donnelly explicates and defends an account of human rights as universal rights. Considering the competing claims of the universality, particul