Philosophical Dimensions of Human Rights: Some Contemporary Views
| PUBLISHER | Springer (06/25/2014) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
List of contributors.- Acknowledgments.- Introduction; Claudio Corradetti.- PART I Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Human Rights.- Chapter I Human Rights in History and Contemporary Practice: Source Materials for Philosophy; Jeffrey Flynn.- Chapter II Philosophy and Human Rights: Contemporary Perspectives; David Reidy.- Chapter III Reconsidering Realism on Rights; William E. Scheuerman.- PART II The Validit-(ies) of Human Rights.- Chapter IV The Concept of Human Dignity and the Realistic Utopia of Human Rights; Jrgen Habermas.- Chapter V The Justification of Human Rights and the Basic Right to Justification. A Reflexive Approach; Rainer Forst.- Chapter VI Social Harm, Political Judgment, and the Pragmatics of Justification; Albena Azmanova.- Chapter VII "It All Depends" The Universal and the Contingent in Human Rights; Wojciech Sadurski.- Chapter VIII Tiny Sparks of Contingency. On the Aesthetics of Human Rights; Giovanna Borradori.- Chapter IX The Idea of a Charter of Fundamental Human Rights; Alessandro Ferrara.- PART III Democracy and Human Rights.- Chapter X Is there a Human Right to Democracy?; Seyla Benhabib.- Chapter XI Dialectical Snares: Human Rights and Democracy in the World Society; Hauke Brunkhorst.- Chapter XII The Normality of Constitutional Politics: an Analysis of the Drafting of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Richard Bellamy and Justus Schnlau.- Chapter XIII Rights in Progress. The Politics of Rights and the Democracy-Building Processes in Comparative Perspective; Lorella Cedroni.- Chapter XIV Ethnopolitics. The Challenge for Human and Minority Rights Protection; Joseph Marko.- Chapter XV Human Rights in the Information Society: Utopias, Dystopias and Human Values; Giovanni Sartor.- Index.
List of contributors.- Acknowledgments.- Introduction; Claudio Corradetti.- PART I Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Human Rights.- Chapter I Human Rights in History and Contemporary Practice: Source Materials for Philosophy; Jeffrey Flynn.- Chapter II Philosophy and Human Rights: Contemporary Perspectives; David Reidy.- Chapter III Reconsidering Realism on Rights; William E. Scheuerman.- PART II The Validit-(ies) of Human Rights.- Chapter IV The Concept of Human Dignity and the Realistic Utopia of Human Rights; Jrgen Habermas.- Chapter V The Justification of Human Rights and the Basic Right to Justification. A Reflexive Approach; Rainer Forst.- Chapter VI Social Harm, Political Judgment, and the Pragmatics of Justification; Albena Azmanova.- Chapter VII "It All Depends" The Universal and the Contingent in Human Rights; Wojciech Sadurski.- Chapter VIII Tiny Sparks of Contingency. On the Aesthetics of Human Rights; Giovanna Borradori.- Chapter IX The Idea of a Charter of Fundamental Human Rights; Alessandro Ferrara.- PART III Democracy and Human Rights.- Chapter X Is there a Human Right to Democracy?; Seyla Benhabib.- Chapter XI Dialectical Snares: Human Rights and Democracy in the World Society; Hauke Brunkhorst.- Chapter XII The Normality of Constitutional Politics: an Analysis of the Drafting of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Richard Bellamy and Justus Schnlau.- Chapter XIII Rights in Progress. The Politics of Rights and the Democracy-Building Processes in Comparative Perspective; Lorella Cedroni.- Chapter XIV Ethnopolitics. The Challenge for Human and Minority Rights Protection; Joseph Marko.- Chapter XV Human Rights in the Information Society: Utopias, Dystopias and Human Values; Giovanni Sartor.- Index.