02080nam a22003738a 4500 CR9780511820670 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101115s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511820670 (ebook) 9781107010987 (hardback) 9781107648197 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JC571 .E42 2012 323 23 Edmundson, William A., author. An Introduction to Rights / [electronic resource] William A. Edmundson. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). An Introduction to Rights is a readable and accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications and political tendencies of the idea of rights. It is organized chronologically and discusses important historical events such as the French and American Revolutions. It treats a range of historical figures, including Grotius, Paley, Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, Burke, Godwin, Douglass, Mill and Hohfeld and relates the concept of rights to contemporary debates such as consequentialism versus contractualism. This thoroughly updated second edition includes a new preface and expands the discussion of the surprising role that slavery has played in the history of rights. It includes new material on egalitarianism, distributive justice and what the demand for equal rights means. Civil rights Human rights Print version: 9781107010987 Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511820670 Cambridge Books Online 236733 236733