Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy - Second Edition

Henry Shue

ISBN 10: 0691029296 / ISBN 13: 9780691029290

Published by Princeton University Press, 1996

About this Item

1996. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Which human rights ought to be the first honored and the last sacrificed? This title addresses the issue of human rights as it relates to US foreign policy. It proposes an original conception of basic rights that illuminates both the nature of moral rights generally and the determination of which specific rights are the basic ones. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy - Second Edition
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691029296
• ISBN 13: 9780691029290
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Which human rights ought to be the first honored and the last sacrificed? In the first systematic attempt by an American philosopher to address the issue of human rights as it relates to U.S. foreign policy, Henry Shue proposes an original conception of basic rights that illuminates both the nature of moral rights generally and the determination of which specific rights are the basic ones.

About the Author

Henry Shue is Wyn and William Y. Hutchinson Professor of Ethics and Public Life at Cornell University.