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The Idea of Human Rights

Four Inquiries

by Michael J. Perry (university Distinguished Chair In Law, University Distinguished Chair In Law, Wake Forest University)

  • Hardback
  • 176 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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Of all the influential-indeed, formative-moral ideas to occupy centre stage in the twentieth century, the notion of human rights is for many the most difficult. Inspired by a 1988 trip to El Salvador, Michael Perry's new book explores this idea in full. His typically lucid exposition of this complex issue (one so rich in social, political, and philosophical implications, especially at the international level) is rooted in the recognition that every human being is sacred, "inviolable," has "inherent dignity" and worth, and is an end to himself. Therefore, in Perry's view, the concept of human rights is inescapably religious. But are human rights universal? And are they absolute? The latest thinking from one of our nation's leading authorities on morality, politics, and religion, The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries addresses these questions adroitly. The legal and moral dimensions of "rights" rhetoric itself-such as its meanings and functions-are also carefully considered.
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  • Author

    Michael J. Perry (university Distinguished Chair In Law, University Distinguished Chair In Law, Wake Forest University)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    March 1998

  • Weight

    423g

  • Page Count

    176

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195116366

  • ISBN-10

    0195116364

  • Eden Code

    1225456

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