Butler, Clark,  1944- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781557534804 (pbk.) 1557534802 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043142 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights--School of Business and Education
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC 571  / .B88 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>JC 571 .B88 2008