Human Rights - Softcover

Human Rights

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Theoria Books
(Andover, MA, U.S.A.)

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 175 pp. Stated: "First published 1984" with NAP. Glossy gray wraps with orange Title band across to front cover for Title lettering in large black letters; Editor names lettering in smaller black letters in a column at lower center front cover. Following Editors' Introduction, Contents divided into 13 Essays: (1) Alan Gewirth, "The Epistemology of Human Rights"; (2) Arthur C. Danto, "Constructing an Epistemology of Human Rights: A Pseudo Problem?"; (3) Alan Gewirth, "A Reply to Danto"; (4) Loren Lomasky, "Personal Projects as the Foundation for Basic Rights"; (5) Hugo Adam Bedau, "Why Do We Have the Rights We Do?; (6) John Gray, "Indirect Utility and Fundamental Rights"; (7) Allan Gibbard, "Utilitarianism and Human Rights"; (8) James Fishkin, "Utilitarianism Versus Human Rights"; (9) David Kelley, "Life, Liberty and Property"; (10) Martin P. Golding, "The Primacy of Welfare Rights"; (11) Alan Donagan, "The Right Not to Incriminate Oneself"; (12) Richard E. Flathman, "Moderating Rights"; )13) Charles R. Beitz, "Difficulties with Flathman's Moderation Thesis". Previous owner name discreetly at top left inside front cover; truly nugatory 7" soft crease on the diagonal on front cover echoing, decreasingly, through two pages (ostensibly, derived from a thumb crease of a more common sort, but crease does not extend to any cover edge and has now been gratuitously strengthened with application of clear shipping tape: NEVER a sharp crease like a dogear), else Fine: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp cover corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks. Clean text. Newspaper items laid in: (1) "Code of Conduct" (NYT 9-17-1986, re Constitutional Rights for members of the military); (2) Tamar Lewin, "When Courts Take Charge of the Unborn" (NYT 1-9-89); (3) Joel Brinkley, "Israelis Fight Over Human Rights Bill" (NYT 11-20-1989); (4) "U.N. Assembly Adopts Doctrine Outlining Children's Basic Rights" (NYT 11-20-1989); (5) "For Many, Human Rights Mean Life Itself" (Letters to the Editor, NYT, 6-30-1993); (6) ""Universal Declaration of Human Rights" (Adopted by U.N. General Assembly, December 10, 1948); this copy obtained at an Amnesty International Yard Sale in Woodstock, NY, 7-23-1988. Seller Inventory # 002538

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