Real Rights

Carl Wellman

ISBN 10: 0195095006 / ISBN 13: 9780195095005

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, US, 1995

About this Item

Real Rights provides a new theory of the grounds of legal and moral rights. Wellman argues that only agents can be right-holders, that children and the mentally limited can have only limited rights, and that foetuses, the dead, and groups can have none. Real Rights also describes how rights imply duties, and how rights conflicts can be resolved and what considerations override rights.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Real Rights
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, US
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195095006
• ISBN 13: 9780195095005
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.21W x 2.08H x 24.13D centimeters 16.21 centimeters width by 2.08 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 604 grams

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Synopsis

Real Rights offers a new theory of the grounds of legal and moral rights, thereby providing a platform from which to determine whether alleged rights are "real" or not. In particular, Wellman conceives of a legal or moral right as a complex of liberties, claims, powers, and immunities, and distinguishes the kinds of laws and moral reasons that can ground each of these. The book argues that only agents can be right-holders, that children and the mentally-limited can have only limited rights, while fetuses, the dead, and groups can have none. It also discusses the duties implied by any real right, as well as the kinds of considerations (including conflicting rights) that could override implied duties. This original and systematic discussion of the grounds of rights should interest a wide range of scholars and practitioners in philosophy, law, and political science.

About the Author

Carl Wellman is a Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.