Persons, rights, and the moral community /
This book provides a complete and convincing account of what rights we do and do not have, who has them, and why. Presenting the foundations of a liberal, individualistic theory of rights, Lomasky explains the place of rights within the overall structure of morality, arguing for the moral importance...
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Oxford University Press,
1990
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Use and Abuse of Basic Rights; 2. Persons and Projects; 3. Projects and the Nature of Ethics; 4. The Derivation of Basic Rights; 5. Two Concepts of Liberalism; 6. Property Rights Within a Liberal Order; 7. Extending the Moral Community: Children; 8. At the Margin; 9. Beyond Basic Rights; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
