Reimagining human rights : religion and the common good /

Reimagining human rights : religion and the common good /

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Author / Creator:	O'Neill, William R., author.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 249 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Moral traditions Moral traditions series.
Subject:	Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human rights. Social justice. Common good. Human Rights Social Justice Common good. Human rights. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Social justice. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13514493

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ISBN:	9781647120368 1647120365 9781647120344 1647120349 9781647120351 1647120357
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed April 20, 2022)
Summary:	"Jeremy Bentham described the idea of human rights as "rhetorical nonsense." In this book, which is proposed for the Moral Traditions series, William O'Neill shows that the rhetorical aspect of human rights is in fact crucial. He does so by examining how victims and their advocates embrace the rhetoric of human rights to tell their stories. It is a history of human rights "from below," showing what victims of atrocity and advocates do with rights. Using a group of American writings, including Desmond Tutu's on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, O'Neill reconciles the false dichotomy between the individualistic perspective of the human rights theory of Kant, Rousseau, and Rawls and the communitarian approach of Burke, Bentham, and Alasdair Macintyre. He shows that the testimony of the victims of atrocities leads us to a new conception of the common good, based both on abstract theories of individual human rights and the circumstances and history of particular societies. The book then applies this new approach to three areas: race and mass incarceration in the U.S, the politics of immigration and refugee policy, and our duties to the next generation and the non-human world"--
Other form:	Print version: O'Neill, William R. Reimagining human rights. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2021 9781647120344

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Summary:	In Reimagining Human Rights , William O'Neill presents an interpretation of human rights "from below," showing how victims of atrocity can embrace the rhetoric of human rights to dismantle old narratives of power and advance new ones. Topics covered include race and mass incarceration, immigration and refugee policy, and ecological responsibility.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 249 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index.
ISBN:	9781647120368 1647120365 9781647120344 1647120349 9781647120351 1647120357