What's Wrong with Rights?

What's Wrong with Rights?
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9780198861973
ISBN-13 : 0198861974
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Book Synopsis What's Wrong with Rights? by : Nigel Biggar

Download or read book What's Wrong with Rights? written by Nigel Biggar and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Wrong with Rights? argues that contemporary rights-talk obscures the importance civic virtue, military effectiveness and the democratic law legitimacy. It draws upon legal and moral philosophy, moral theology, and court judgments. It spans discussions from medieval Christendom to contemporary debates about justified killing.


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