Butler, Clark, 1944-
Human rights ethics : a rational approach / Clark Butler. - West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2008. - xiii, 293 p. ; 23 cm. - Purdue human rights studies series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284) and index.
Foreword / by Steven V. Hicks -- Preface -- Equal human rights -- Natural rights, human rights -- Natural law-based human rights theories -- Procedural human rights theories -- Habermas's procedural justification of human rights -- Human rights in the open society -- A dialectical justification of human rights -- The ethics of respect for human rights -- The standard of dialogical rationality -- Human rights ethics vs. the classical normative theories -- Getting around the conflict of rights -- The right to freedom of thought and its internationally declared conditions -- The United Nations Universal Declaration -- World governance, world government.
9781557534804 (pbk.) 1557534802 (pbk.)
2007043142
Human rights--School of Business and Education
JC 571 / .B88 2008
JC 571 .B88 2008
Human rights ethics : a rational approach / Clark Butler. - West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2008. - xiii, 293 p. ; 23 cm. - Purdue human rights studies series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284) and index.
Foreword / by Steven V. Hicks -- Preface -- Equal human rights -- Natural rights, human rights -- Natural law-based human rights theories -- Procedural human rights theories -- Habermas's procedural justification of human rights -- Human rights in the open society -- A dialectical justification of human rights -- The ethics of respect for human rights -- The standard of dialogical rationality -- Human rights ethics vs. the classical normative theories -- Getting around the conflict of rights -- The right to freedom of thought and its internationally declared conditions -- The United Nations Universal Declaration -- World governance, world government.
9781557534804 (pbk.) 1557534802 (pbk.)
2007043142
Human rights--School of Business and Education
JC 571 / .B88 2008
JC 571 .B88 2008