Human duties and the limits of human rights discourse /

Human duties and the limits of human rights discourse /

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Author / Creator:	Boot, Eric R., 1984- author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017] ©2017
Description:	ix, 183 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in global justice, 1871-0409 ; volume 17 Studies in global justice ; v. 17.
Subject:	Human rights -- Philosophy. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human rights -- Philosophy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11398668

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ISBN:	9783319669564 3319669567
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book demonstrates the importance of a duty-based approach to morality. The dominance of what has been labeled 'rights talk' leads to the neglect of duties without corresponding rights (e.g., duties of virtue) and stimulates the proliferation of questionable human rights. Therefore, this book argues for a duty-based perspective on morality in order to, first, salvage duties of virtue, and, second, counter the trend of rights-proliferation by providing some conceptual clarity concerning rights and duties that will enable us to differentiate between genuine and spurious rights-claims. A lively and enjoyable defence of the importance of our having duties to fellow human beings in severe poverty. At a time when global justice has never been more urgent, this new book sheds much needed light"--Back cover.
Standard no.:	9783319669564

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