Human rights ethics : a rational approach / Clark Butler.
By: Butler, Clark.
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TextSeries: Purdue human rights studies series. Publisher: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2008Description: xiii, 293 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781557534804 (pbk.); 1557534802 (pbk.).Subject(s): Human rights -- School of Business and EducationDDC classification: JC 571 .B88 2008 Online resources: Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Kirinyaga University Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | JC 571 .B88 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | KYU/2017/5786 |
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.