What's wrong with rights?
Biggar, Nigel2020
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'What's Wrong with Rights?' argues that contemporary rights-talk obscures the importance civic virtue, military effectiveness and the democratic law legitimacy. It draws upon legal and moral philosophy, moral theology, and court judgments. It spans discussions from medieval Christendom to contemporary debates about justified killing.
Main title:
What's wrong with rights? / Nigel Biggar.
Author:
Biggar, Nigel, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Collation:
384 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780198861973 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
341.4801
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2527801
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