The idea of human rights / Charles R. Beitz.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Human rights.

Chapter 1. 1. 2. 3. Chapter 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Chapter 3. 9. 10. 11. Chapter 4. 12. 13. 14. Chapter 5. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Chapter 6. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Chapter 7. 25. 26. 27. Chapter 8. 28. 29. 30. Introduction

Why there is a problem

Forms of skepticism

Approach

The practice

Origin

Doctrine

Implementation

An emergent practice

Problems

Naturalistic theories

Naturalism about human rights

Persons "as such" (1): the demand side

Persons "as such" (2): the supply side

Agreement theories

common core and overlapping consensus

The appeal of agreement conceptions

Progressive convergence

A fresh start

Human rights in the law of peoples

The idea of a practical conception

A two-level model

Manifesto rights

The role of states

Normativity

What human rights are for

A schema

MInimalism and social justice

Toleration (1): the domestic analogy

Toleration (2): the autonomy of peoples

International concern

Anti-poverty rights

Political rights

Human rights of women

Conclusion

Residues of skepticism

Pathologies

Human rights and global normative order.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199572458

xiii, 235 p. ; 25 cm