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[Brian Orend] ç Human Rights: Concept and Context ↠ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Human Rights: Concept and Context Good introduction to the philosophical side of human rights Craig Duncan I teach a college philosophy course on human rights and use this text. In my opinion, it is the best such text available. The reason for this is two-fold: it is written with the student in mind (and hence, it is written to be accessible) and it goes into more philosophical depth than most human rights books do as to the foundations of human rights. In particular, I like the fact that it defends its own theory of foundations
| Title | : | Human Rights: Concept and Context |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1551114364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world; it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to their present position in our daily lives, in political struggles, and in both national and international law.. Winner: 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human rights real? Why have some criticized the human rights perspective? And how can those supportive of human rights best respond? These and other conceptual issues are discussed in full in the first part of this book
Orend does this by showing their positive contributions, illustrating how the ideas, debates and the thinkers have contributed towards the growing consensus, rather than by emphasizing their differences. “Orend’s volume is a very interesting introduction to the philosophy and history of human rights, supplemented by useful documentary appendices and a guide to website sources. Paul Martin, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University. Nickel, University of Colorado, author of Making Sense of Human Rights “In Human Rights: Concept and Context, Brian Orend provides us with a remarkably irenical analysis of the main concepts, debates and thinkers that have fleshed out the modern idea of human rights. This book makes a valuable contribution to the philosophy of human rights.” James W. Howard-Hassmann, McMaster University, autho
Good introduction to the philosophical side of human rights Craig Duncan I teach a college philosophy course on human rights and use this text. In my opinion, it is the best such text available. The reason for this is two-fold: it is written with the student in mind (and hence, it is written to be accessible) and it goes into more philosophical depth than most human rights books do as to the foundations of human rights. In particular, I like the fact that it defends its own theory of foundations, rather than m. Useful in some respects, but seriously limited Brian Orend's 'Human Rights' is in some ways a useful introduction to the concept of human rights. The book is structured in two parts. The first part addresses concepts of human rights, with chapters on basic vocabulary, 'Who Holds Human rights?', and 'What Justifies Human Rights', as well as a chapter on criticisms of human rights. I have not read the second part, which is significantly shorter (about 60 pages, compared to 180 pages), a
. Brian Orend, a professor in the department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, is also the author of War and International Justice: A Kantian Perspective and of Michael Walzer on War and Justice
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