What's wrong with rights? /

Are natural rights 'nonsense on stilts', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Weste...

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Main Author:	Biggar, Nigel (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020
Edition:	First edition
Subjects:	Human rights > Philosophy. Natural law. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Philosophie. Droit naturel. PHILOSOPHY. Christian Theology. RELIGION. Human rights > Philosophy Natural law Electronic books.
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