Author : Judith Jarvis Thomson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674749498
Thomson provides a systematic theory of human and social rights, elucidating what in general makes an attribution of a right true. This is a major effort to provide a stable foundation for the deeply held belief that we are not mere cogs in a communal machine, but are instead individuals whose private interests are entitled to respect.
Author : Judith Jarvis Thomson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674769816
Moral theory should be simple: the moral theorist attends to ordinary human action to explain what makes some acts right and others wrong, and we need no microscope to observe a human act. Yet no moral theory that is simple captures all of the morally relevant facts. In a set of vivid examples, stories, and cases Judith Thomson shows just how wide an array of moral considerations bears on all but the simplest of problems. She is a philosophical analyst of the highest caliber who can tease a multitude of implications out of the story of a mere bit of eavesdropping. She is also a master teller of tales which have a philosophical bite. Beyond these pleasures, however, she brings new depth of understanding to some of the most pressing moral issues of the moment, notably abortion. Thomson's essays determinedly confront the most difficult questions: What is it to have a moral right to life, or any other right? What is the relation between the infringement of such rights and restitution? How is rights theory to deal with the imposition of risk?
Author : Norberto Bobbio
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2017-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1509526137
This book presents a valuable clarification and defence of human rights by Italy's leading political theorist.
Author : Michael J. Sandel
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 18,50 MB
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1429952687
A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Do individual rights and the common good conflict? Michael J. Sandel's "Justice" course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard. Up to a thousand students pack the campus theater to hear Sandel relate the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and this fall, public television will air a series based on the course. Justice offers readers the same exhilarating journey that captivates Harvard students. This book is a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice, one that invites readers of all political persuasions to consider familiar controversies in fresh and illuminating ways. Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, the moral limits of markets—Sandel dramatizes the challenge of thinking through these con?icts, and shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well. Justice is lively, thought-provoking, and wise—an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.
Author : Roger Crisp
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199668736
This volume presents responses to the work of James Griffin, one of the most significant contributors to the contemporary debate over human rights. Leading moral and political philosophers engage with Griffin's views--according to which human rights are best understood as protections of our agency and personhood--and Griffin offers his own reply.
Author : Jean-Claude Michea
Publisher : Polity
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 2009-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0745646212
Winston Churchill said of democracy that it was ‘the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.’ The same could be said of liberalism. While liberalism displays an unfailing optimism with regard to the capacity of human beings to make themselves ‘masters and possessors of nature’, it displays a profound pessimism when it comes to appreciating their moral capacity to build a decent world for themselves. As Michea shows, the roots of this pessimism lie in the idea – an eminently modern one – that the desire to establish the reign of the Good lies at the origin of all the ills besetting the human race. Liberalism’s critique of the ‘tyranny of the Good’ naturally had its costs. It created a view of modern politics as a purely negative art – that of defining the least bad society possible. It is in this sense that liberalism has to be understood, and understands itself, as the ‘politics of lesser evil’. And yet while liberalism set out to be a realism without illusions, today liberalism presents itself as something else. With its celebration of the market among other things, contemporary liberalism has taken over some of the features of its oldest enemy. By unravelling the logic that lies at the heart of the liberal project, Michea is able to shed fresh light on one of the key ideas that have shaped the civilization of the West.
Author : Jamal Greene
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 1328518116
An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.
Author : William Cameron
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1525598732
One person’s perspective of life and it's evolution. All personally from my soul and how I’ve dealt with certain challenges along the way. A look into my sacred circle of life from poems to personal thoughts. How can we keep it healthy as we journey forward through the challenges we face in life. How we can develop tools at any age to be able to make these choices each morning. Do I face the day or do I embrace the day? Followed by breaking life down to a simple equation as life is 99% health and 1% choice. What can we do with those choices?
Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3110670119
Knowledge of facts is essential for the management of life. Most studies of the subject examine how we go about trying to obtain it; they describe the processes and proceedings of rational inquiry. The present work steps back from this to inquire into the limits and limitations of such processes and to identify the assets and the limitabilities of what they are able to supply for us. It examines how knowledge of facts is secured and consolidated as such, and what the resulting information can and cannot provide. It argues that the unavoidable incompleteness of our factual information also endows it with an element of incorrectness. By looking also at the negative side of human inquiry the book’s perspective clarifies the nature of our grip on the facts that constitute our view of the reality of things.
Author : Steve Yarbrough
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385349505
Taking a less prestigious job that entangles her in university politics while her obsessive musician husband works on their new home in Massachusetts, Kristin gravitates toward a younger divorced man with whom she shares an unexpected affair.
