A Debate Over Rights: Philosophical Enquiries - Brossura

Kramer, Matthew

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0198298994 ISBN 13: 9780198298991

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 2000

Riassunto

The authors of this volume engage in essay form in a lively debate over the fundamental characteristics of legal and moral rights. Each author considers whether rights essentially protect individuals' interests or whether they instead essentially enable individuals to make choices. The book addresses many questions including: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a right? What is the connection between the existence and the enforcement of a right (i.e., between rights and remedies)? Does the identification of rights inevitably involve value judgements? To what extent can rights be in conflict? The answers to these and related questions can illuminatingly clarify, though not finally resolve, some of the present-day controversies over abortion, euthanasia, and animal rights. Anyone interested in the basic nature of rights and other entitlements will profit from reading this book.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Matthew Kramer is a University Lecturer in Jurisprudence, Cambridge University, and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law, Churchill College, Cambridge.


Nigel Simmonds is a Reader in Jurisprudence, Cambridge University, and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Hillel Steiner is Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Manchester.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198298994
• ISBN 13: 9780198298991
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia