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001 2006002736
003 DLC
005 20071030083842.0
008 060126s2007 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006002736
020 $a9781405152402 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a1405152400 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a9781405152419 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1405152419 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC571$b.M25 2007
082 00 $a323$222
100 1 $aMahoney, John,$d1931-
245 14 $aThe challenge of human rights :$borigin, development, and significance /$cJack Mahoney.
260 $aMalden, MA :$bBlackwell Pub.,$c2007.
300 $ax, 215 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index.
505 0 $aHuman rights in history. The ancient classical world. The world of the Bible. The mediaeval world. Renaissance and Reformation thought. Hobbes and Rousseau. Revolution in England. American independence. The French declaration of the rights of man. English resistance to human rights. German developments : Kant and Marx -- The modern human rights movement. The charter of the United Nations Organisation. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Continental developments. The 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights. Wider human rights developments. British developments. Conclusion -- Clarifying human rights. Some useful distinctions. Rights and duties. The proliferation of rights. Individuals-in-society. Social divisiveness. Ethical imperialism? A challenge to all cultures. The strengths of human rights -- Establishing human rights. A matter of belief. An essential requirement. The nature of persons. Intuitionist approaches. Human dignity. "The wonder of our being." Major opponents. Conclusion -- The globalising of human rights. Global expansion. Seeking a global ethic. Cultural relativism. Global human rights. Towards cosmopolitanism. The inadequacies of states. "Principled" cosmopolitanism. Human solidarity.
650 0 $aHuman rights.
650 0 $aHuman rights$xHistory.
650 0 $aHuman rights$xPhilosophy.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002736.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006002736-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006002736-d.html