Human Rights: Concept and Context

Brian Orend

ISBN 10: 1551114364 / ISBN 13: 9781551114361

Published by Broadview Press Ltd, 2002

About this Item

Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360. . 2002. 0th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781551114361

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights: Concept and Context
• Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551114364
• ISBN 13: 9781551114361
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Winner: 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award

What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human rights real? Why have some criticized the human rights perspective? And how can those supportive of human rights best respond? These and other conceptual issues are discussed in full in the first part of this book. The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world; it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to their present position in our daily lives, in political struggles, and in both national and international law.

About the Author

Brian Orend, a professor in the department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, is also the author of War and International Justice: A Kantian Perspective and of Michael Walzer on War and Justice.