Conflicts Of Rights

Moral Theory And Social Policy Implications
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8133-6564-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

This book examines two moral theories of rights justification and applies them to four social issues: redistributive taxation, affirmative action, pornography, and abortion. It assesses the ethical status of several candidate social policies that continue to be debated in the public arenas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowan, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- Part One: Moral Theory -- Rights and Social Policy -- The Structure of Rights -- The Interest-Based Theory of Rights -- The Goal-Based Theory of Rights -- Part Two: Social Policy Implications -- Redistributive Taxation -- Affirmative Action -- Pornography -- Abortion -- Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

John Rowan