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Rights are part of our everyday moral and political vocabulary. Yet while few would deny that rights are important, there is a great deal of disagreement about just how valuable rights are and what their proper limits ought to be. For example, some scholars and practitioners maintain that human rights are valuable because they lay down a framework of protection, while at the same time leaving people ample room to lead their lives as they see fit. They are not just another way of life, but instead set the boundaries to what government can or cannot do. Others, however, hold that, while important, rights are not neutral between different ways of life and hence cannot tell us what to do when different ways of life conflict. This collection breaks new ground by tackling such questions head on. The issues it covers are some of the most vital that we face today. Accordingly, their relevance to contemporary social and political debates cannot be overstated.
Editor(s): O'Flynn I, Weale A
Publication type: Edited Book
Publication status: Published
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Year: 2013
Number of Pages: 152
Publisher: Routledge
Place Published: London
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ISBN: 9780415854221