| Human Rights: Fact or Fancy? Contributor(s): Veatch, Henry B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807133213 ISBN-13: 9780807133217 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: In his provocative and highly readable study, Human Rights: Fact or Fancy?, Henry B. Veatch finds the basis for human rights in natural law. He builds his argument step by step, carefully laying the foundation for his central assertion that our basic rights are discoverable directly in the facts of nature. Although the bulk of contemporary concern is with the law only and not with ethics, Veatch insists that this approach is mistaken because it leaves no place for what Aristotle called "a natural justice." Law must be based on ethics, he maintains, and ethics in turn must be grounded in fact and therefore must have a basis in nature. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Natural Law - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Dewey: 340.112 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.86 lbs) 276 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In his provocative and highly readable study, Human Rights: Fact or Fancy?, Henry B. Veatch finds the basis for human rights in natural law. He builds his argument step by step, carefully laying the foundation for his central assertion that our basic rights are discoverable directly in the facts of nature. Although the bulk of contemporary concern is with the law only and not with ethics, Veatch insists that this approach is mistaken because it leaves no place for what Aristotle called a natural justice. Law must be based on ethics, he maintains, and ethics in turn must be grounded in fact and therefore must have a basis in nature |