Rainbolt The Concept of Rights

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4020-3977-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Philosophy and Religion (R0)

What is it to have a right? Previous answers to this question can be divided into two groups. Some (e.g., Joseph Raz) hold interest/benefit theories of rights while others (e.g., H.L.A. Hart and Carl Wellman) hold choice/will theories of rights. The Concept of Rights defends an alternative to both of the traditional views, the justified-constraint theory of rights. On this view, a person has a right if and only if a feature of that person is a sound justification for others to have a particular sort of normative constraint. The justified-constraint theory avoids the problems which have bedeviled the interest/benefit theories and the choice/will theories. It also solves the puzzle of the relational nature of rights. On the justified-constraint view, an obligation correlative to a right is to the right-holder when it is a feature of the right-holder that justifies the obligation. The analysis also shows that, as far as the concept of rights is concerned, any sort of individual or group can have rights. The limits on what sorts of things have rights are substantive, not conceptual. Moreover, the justified-constraint solves the problem of the rights of past and future generations. It is a theory which applies, without modification, to past, present and future beings. "With clear exposition, powerful argument and informed incisive critisms of alternative theories, this book gives a systematic account of an original and important alternative to the best theories of rights in the recent literature." Carl Wellman, Washington University, St Louis, USA

Zielgruppe

Philosophers of law, scholars of jurisprudence, social and political philosophers, those working in normative ethical theory. Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rainbolt, George W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Rights and Hohfeldian Analysis.- Normative Constraints.- Deontic and Alethic Concepts.- The Relational Nature of Rights.- Rights, Reasons, and Persons.- Rights Conflict.- Right Holders: Present.- Right Holders: Past and Future.- A Final Comparison.

Über Autor(innen)

George W. Rainbolt, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA