Biggar, Nigel
What's Wrong with Rights?
- ISBN 13:
- 9780192867278
- author:
- Biggar, Nigel
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 376
- Dimensions:
- 23.2 x 15.1 x 1.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Religion, Christianity, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
What's Wrong with Rights? explores the nature and implications of human rights in contemporary society. Nigel Biggar examines the concept of rights through a range of intellectual and philosophical perspectives, including legal philosophy, moral theology, and human rights literature.
The author argues that much of our current understanding of rights is flawed, obscuring the importance of civic virtue and undermining the democratic legitimacy of law. He contends that a more nuanced approach to ethics is needed, one that takes into account the duty and virtue of rights-holders.
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