000			01410cam a22002294a 4500
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008			111020s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781107010987 (hardback)
020			_a9781107648197
082	0	0	_a323 EDM
100	1		_aEdmundson William A
245	1	3	_aAn Introduction to rights
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2012
300			_a184 p.
490	1		_aCambridge introductions to philosophy and law
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Part I. The First Expansionary Era: 1. The prehistory of rights; 2. The rights of man: the enlightenment; 3. Mischievous nonsense?; 4. The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment; 5. The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld; Part II. The Second Expansionary Era: 6. The universal declaration, and a revolt against utilitarianism; 7. The nature of rights: 'choice' theory and 'interest' theory; 8. A right to do wrong? two conceptions of moral rights; 9. The pressure of consequentialism; 10. What is interference?; 11. The future of rights; 12. Conclusion.
520			_a"A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"--
650		0	_aCivil rights.
650		0	_aHuman rights.
942			_cBK