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020 _a9781405152419
082 _a341.481 MAH
100 _a"Mahoney, Jack"
245 0 _aChallenges of human rights
260 _aOxford
260 _bBlackwell
260 _c2007
300 _a215p.
365 _b 16.99
365 _dRS
520 _aThe Challenge of Human Rights traces the history of human rights theory from classical antiquity through the enlightenment to the modern human rights movement, and analyses the significance of human rights in today’s increasingly globalized world. Provides an engaging study of the origin and the philosophical and political development of human rights discourse. Offers an original defence of human rights. Explores the significance of human rights in the context of increasing globalisation. Confronts the major objections to human rights, including the charge of western ethical imperialism and cultural relativism. Argues that human rights logically culminate in an ethical cosmopolitanism to reflect the moral unity of the human race.
650 _aHuman rights
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