Imputed Rights

Robert V. Andelson

ISBN 10: 0856832782 / ISBN 13: 9780856832789

Published by Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, GB, 2010

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One outcome of the Second World War, Dawsey writes in his foreword, was the proposition that all human beings should enjoy certain fundamental freedoms. These were enshrined by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since the book was first published in 1971 this endorsement has led to greater recognition of human rights in Russia, China, and many other parts of the world. In the West, Andelson argued, human rights have been an issue that are often invoked but seldom intelligently considered. Thus there have been pressure groups pushing for this, that and the other right to be recognised without considering how such a right might impinge on the freedom of others; for example the right to free expression versus the right to privacy, the right to life of the unborn child versus the mother's choice. Seeking to establish the ground for rights, Andelson exposed the inadequacy of the radical-humanist, utilitarian and self-realisation approaches as well as many widely held Christian approaches, and developed an original thesis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imputed Rights
• Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856832782
• ISBN 13: 9780856832789
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Thoughtful and informative, this essay is an analysis of the basis and nature of human rights. Arguing that human rights is an issue that is often invoked but seldom intelligently considered, this record examines concrete, immediate, moral, and social issues, including birth control, taxation, welfare, private behavior, and military service. Noting the inadequacies of non-Christian positions—such as the radical-humanist, utilitarian, and self-realization approaches—this account develops an original thesis in which the absolute ground for rights is the will and grace of God.

About the Author

Robert V. Andelson was an ordained Congregationalist minister and a professor of philosophy at Auburn University. He is the author of From Wasteland to Promised Land: Liberation Theology for a Post-Marxist World and the coauthor of Critics of Henry George: An Appraisal of their Strictures on “Progress and Poverty.”