Title: Rethinking rights and responsibilities : the moral bonds of community /
Authors: Dyck, Arthur J., 1932-
Publisher: Georgetown University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Communities.; Human rights.; Natural law; Individualism.; Responsibility.; Social justice; Social ethics.; Right to health.
Contents: Rights : a historic break with the past -- From natural rights to calculated rights -- Natural rights : automony versus interdependence -- Moral bonds as requisites of community -- Rights reconceptualized : justice, nurture, and divorce in western law -- Requisites of morality, freedom and community -- Moral knowledge : experimental bases of responsibilities and rights -- Moral knowledge : loving impartiality -- Moral knowledge : ideal companionship -- The moral bases of homicide law -- Justice and nurture : rescue and health care as rights and responsibilities.