Philosophy of Human Rights [Paperback]

The Philosophy of Human Rights brings together an extensive collection of classical and contemporary writings on the topic of human rights, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, minority cultures, gay and lesbian rights, and the environment, providing an exceptionally comprehensive introduction. Sources include authors such as Aristotle, Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, Confucius, Hobbes, Locke, rant. Marx, Gandhi. Hart, Feinberg, Nussbaum, the Dalai Lama, Derrida, Lyocard and Rorty. Ideal for courses in human rights, social theory, ethical theory, and political science, each reading; begins with a brief introduction, and is followed with study questions and suggested further readings.

PrefacePart One: History and Theories of Human Rights Introduction to Part OneSection 1: Classical Perspectives1. Plato: Republic2. Aristotle: Politics3. Cicero: On the Laws4. St. Thomas Aquinas: SummaTheologica5. Hugo Grotius: The Rights of War and Peace Further Readings for Section 1Section 2: Modern Perspectives6. Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan 7. John Locke: The Second Treatise of Government 8. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract 9. Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France 10. Thomas Paine: The Rights of Man 11. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman12. Immanuel Kant: The Principles of Political Right13. Jeremy Bentham: Anarchical Fallacies14. Karl Marx: On the Jewish Question 15. John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism and On LibertyFurther Readings for Section 2Section 3: Contemporary Perspectices16. H. L. A. Hart: Are There Any Natural Rights? 17. Maurice Cranston: Human Rights, Real and Supposed 18. Joel Feinberg: The Nature and Value of Rights 19. Thomas W. Pogge: How Should Human Rights Be Conceived? 20. Martha C. Nussbaum: Capabilities and Human Rights 21. Richard Rorty: Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality 22. Jacques Derrida: Wears and Tears (Tableau of an Ageless World) Further Readings for Section 3Section 4: Non-Western Pel#&