Autonomy and Rights: The Moral Foundations of Liberalism - Hardcover

Spector, Horacio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198239211 ISBN 13: 9780198239215

Verlag: Clarendon Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Moral and political theorists who espouse Egalitarianism and Marxism have assumed that the tenets of classical liberalism lack a sound philosophical justification. Spector contests this view, and puts forward an original justification theory for the liberal belief in the existence of human rights that constrain government action. His theory is centered in the deontological protection of positive freedom: each human being should have the power to choose between as many alternative actions as possible. The author argues that it is possible to construct a theory about the rational way to protect this right. Among the topics discussed are the concepts of negative and positive freedom, the notion of a moral right, the connection between positive freedom and personal autonomy, the axiological uniqueness of each human being, and the agent-relativity of moral reasons.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Clarendon Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198239211
• ISBN 13: 9780198239215
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 205
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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