The Proliferation Of Rights: Moral Progress Or Empty Rhetoric? - Hardcover

Wellman, Carl

 
9780367318925: The Proliferation Of Rights: Moral Progress Or Empty Rhetoric?
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ISBN 10: 036731892X ISBN 13: 9780367318925
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

The Proliferation of Rights explores how the assertion of rights has expanded dramatically since World War II. Carl Wellman illuminates for the reader the historical developments in each of the major categories of rights, including human rights, civil rights, women's rights, patient rights, and animal rights. He concludes by assessing where this pr

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About the Author

Carl Wellman is Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University of St. Louis. He teaches and does research in ethics and philosophy of law. His current philosophical investigations are in general theory of rights, both legal and moral. Previous books include The Language of Ethics,Challenge and Response,Welfare Rights,A Theory of Rights, and An Approach to Rights.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
036731892X
ISBN 13 
9780367318925
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200

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