Grounding human rights in a pluralist world
By: Grace Y. Kao
Series: Advancing human rights
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781589017337
Subjects: Human rights; Cultural pluralism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: One. Prolegomena to any philosophical defense of human rights; title: Two. The maximalist challenge to human rights justification; title: Three. An enforcement-centered approach to human rights with special reference to John Rawls; title: Four. Consensus-based approaches to human rights; title: Five. The capability approach to human rights; title: Six. Grounding human rights in a pluralist world.