Justifying ethics human rights and human nature /: human rights and human nature. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jan Górecki.
• Other Names: Górecki, Jan
• Contents: Introduction: The Power of Human Rights -- 1. The Problem of Justification -- 2. Human Nature. Universal Needs and Wants. Basic Ethical Inclinations: Universally Accepted Norms. The Function of Ethics -- 3. Beyond Human Nature. The Divine Will. Reason. Cognitivism: The Truth Value of Moral Judgments. On the Road to Skepticism? -- 4. Criticism: Human Nature as the Source of Hope. Human Genetic Program: Stanislaw Ossowski's Manichean Predilections. Individual Diversity: From Warsaw to Treblinka, 1942-43. Divergent Societies -- 5. Countercriticism: The Human Rights Struggle and the Need for Justification. The Difficulties of the Human Rights Struggle: Contagion. The Difficulties of the Human Rights Struggle: From Moral to Legal Change -- 6. Conclusion: The Importance of Justification. The Dilemma of Gustav Radbruch: Law, Positivism, and Genocide. The Importance of Justification.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 177; Social ethics; Human rights; Morale sociale; Droits de l'homme (Droit international); Human rights; Social ethics; Menschenrecht; Ethik; Droits de l'homme (Droit international); Morale sociale; Ethik; Menschenrecht
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351510332; 1351510339
• Related ISBNs: 9781560002369; 1560002360
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.