Rethinking rights and responsibilities
Subtitle: the moral bonds of community
By: Arthur J. Dyck
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Human rights; Natural law; Responsibility; Communities; Social justice; Right to health; Individualism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rights : a historic break with the past; title: From natural rights to calculated rights; title: Natural rights : automony versus interdependence; title: Moral bonds as requisites of community; title: Rights reconceptualized : justice, nurture, and divorce in western law; title: Requisites of morality, freedom and community; title: Moral knowledge : experimental bases of responsibilities and rights; title: Moral knowledge : loving impartiality; title: Moral knowledge : ideal companionship; title: The moral bases of homicide law; title: Justice and nurture : rescue and health care as rights and responsibilities.