The human rights reader : major political essays, speeches, and documents from ancient times to the present /: major political essays, speeches, and documents from ancient times to the present. (2022)

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• Further Information: Note: Edited by Micheline R. Ishay.
• Editors: Ishay, Micheline
• Contents: Dedication Page Brief Contents Detailed Table of Contents Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments Introduction: Human Rights: Historical and Contemporary Controversies PART I: THE ORIGINS: SECULAR, ASIAN, AND MONOTHEISTIC TRADITIONS Introduction Questions for Part I I.1 UNESCO: The Grounds for an International Declaration of Human Rights (1947) I.2 Jacques Maritain: On Opposing Ideologies and a Common List of Rights (UNESCO Symposium, 1948) I.3 United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), Preamble, Articles 1, 3, 5–12, 18–19, 27 15 1. The Secular Tradition Liberty, Tolerance, and Codes of Justice 1.1 The Code of Hammurabi: On Freedom of Speech and Civil Rights (c. 1700 B.C.E.) 1.2 Cyrus: On Religious Tolerance (The Cyrus Cylinder, c. 539 B.C.E.) 1.3 Plato: "Justice in State and Individual" (The Republic, c. 360 B.C.E.) 1.4 Aristotle: On Justice and Political Constitutions (Politics, c. 350 B.C.E.) 1.5 Cicero: On Universal Justice (The Treatise on the Laws, 52 B.C.E.) Social and Economic Justice 1.6 The Code of Hammurabi: On Property (c. 1700 B.C.E.) 1.7 Plato: On the Community of Property (The Republic, c. 360 B.C.E.) 1.8 Aristotle: On Property (Politics, c. 350 B.C.E.) Justice, War, and Peace 31 1.9 Thucydides: On Justice Versus Power: "The Melian Dialogue" (The History of the Peloponnesian War, c. 411 B.C.E.) 1.10 Plato: On How to Treat One’s Enemy (The Republic, c. 360 B.C.E.) 1.11 Aristotle: On the Purpose of War (Politics, c. 350 B.C.E.) Justice for Whom? 1.12 The Code of Hammurabi: On Women and Slaves (c. 1700 B.C.E.) 1.13 Plato: On Women’s Abilities (The Republic, c. 360 B.C.E.) 1.14 Plato: On Homosexuals (The Symposium, c. 360 B.C.E.) 1.15 Aristotle: On the Justification of Slavery (Politics, c. 350 B.C.E.) 2. Asian and African Religions and Traditions Liberty, Tolerance, and Codes of Justice 2.1 Confucius: On Rightful Conduct of Rulers and Subjects (The Analects, c. 479–221 B.C.E.) 2.2 Kautilya: On the Penal System (The Arthashastra, c. 300 B.C.E.) 2.3 Asoka: On Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (The Edicts, c. 272–231 B.C.E.) 2.4 Chinese Buddhist Verses: On Moral Conduct (Mahāparinirvāna Sūtra, Early Fourth Century) 2.5 The Mande Charter of Kurukan Fuga (c. 1235) Social and Economic Justice 2.6 Confucius: On Fair Distribution and Education (The Analects, c. 551–479 B.C.E.) 2.7 Kautilya: On Labor and Property Rights (The Arthashastra, c. 300 B.C.E.) 2.8 Manu: On Property Rights (The Laws, 9:27–60, c. 200 B.C.E.) 2.9 Mahayana Buddhism: On Altruism (Bodhicaryāvatāra of Sāntideva, c. Eighth Century) 2.10 Buddhism: On the Limitation of Property (Dhārmika Subhūti, c. Tenth Century) 2.11 The Mande Charter of Kurukan Fuga (c. 1235) Justice, War, and Peace 2.12 Confucius: On Peace and Economic Justice (The Analects, c. 551–479 B.C.E.) 2.13 Mencius: On the Right to Overthrow a Tyrant (c. 372–289 B.C.E.) 2.14 Asoka: On Peace and Justice (The Edicts, c. 272–231 B.C.E.) 2.15 The Mande Charter of Kurukan Fuga (c. 1235) Justice for Whom? 2.16 Kautilya: On Women, Slavery, and Homosexuality (The Arthashastra, c. 300 B.C.E.) 2.17 Manu: On Women and the Caste System (The Laws, c. 200 B.C.E.) 2.18 Mahayana Buddhism: On the Afflictions of Womanhood and Poverty (Sutra of the Medicine Buddha, Seventh Century) 2.19 The Mande Charter of Kurukan Fuga (c. 1235) 3. Monotheistic Religions Liberty, Tolerance, and Codes of Justice 3.1 The Hebrew Bible: On Universalism and Moral Injunctions 3.2 The New Testament: On Universalism, Faith, and the Law (c. 80) 3.3 The Qur’an: On Tolerance and Just Society (c. 632) Social and Economic Justice 3.4 The Hebrew Bible: On the Welfare of the Poor, the Laborer, and the Stranger 3.5 The New Testament: On Poverty, Greed and Charity (c. 80) 3.6 The Qur’an: On Social and Economic Aid (c. 632) Justice, War, and Peace 3.7 The Hebrew Bible: On War and Peace among Nations 3.8 The New Testament: "Never Pay Back Evil for Evil" (c. 80) 3.9 The Qur’an: On Just War (c. 632) 3.10 Augustine of Hippo: On Just War (397–427) 3.11 Thomas Aquinas: On Just War (Summa Theologica, 1265–1273) Justice for Whom? 3.12 The Hebrew Bible: On Women, Slavery, and Homosexuality 3.13 The New Testament: On Women, Slavery, and Homosexuality (c. 80) 3.14 The Qur’an: On Women, Slavery, and Homosexuality (c. 632) PART II: THE LEGACY OF EARLY LIBERALISM AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT Introduction Questions for Part II II.1 United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): Articles 1–3 4. Liberal Visions of Human Rights The Fight for Freedom of Expression and Against Religious Oppression 4.1 United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): Articles 18–19 4.2 John Milton: On Censorship (Areopagitica, 1644) 4.3 John Locke: On the Separation of Religion and State (A Letter Concerning Toleration, 1689) 4.4 Voltaire: Treatise on Tolerance (1763) 4.5 Voltaire: "Fanaticism" (Philosophical Dictionary, 1764) The Right to Life (The Cases Against Torture and Capital Punishment) 4.6 United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): Articles 3 and 5–12 4.7 United Nations: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Adopted 1966, Entry Into Force 1976): Part III, Article 6 4.8 Thomas Hobbes: On the Inalienable Right to Life (The Leviathan, 1652) 4.9 Cesare Beccaria: On Torture and the Death Penalty (Treatise on Crimes and Punishments, 1766) The Right to Property 4.10 United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): Article 17 4.11 Gerrard Winstanley: "A Declaration from the Poor Oppressed People of England" (1649) 4.12 John Locke: On Property (The Second Treatise, 1690) 4.13 Jean- Jacques Rousseau: On the Limits of Property (The Geneva Manuscript or the First Draft of the Social Contract, c. 1756) 4.14 Maximilien de Robespierre: On Property Rights (1793) 4.15 Thomas Paine: On the Origin of Universal Basic Income (Agrarian Justice, 1797) Counterpoint 4.16 Edmund Burke: On Inheritance and the Principle of Inequality (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790) 5. How to Promote a Liberal Conception of Human Rights Just War and the Right to Rebel 5.1 United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), Preamble 5.2 Hugo Grotius: On the Rights of War and Peace (The Law of War and Peace, 1625) 5.3 John Locke: On the Separation of Powers and the Right to Rebel (The Second Treatise, 1690) 5.4 Jean- Jacques Rousseau: On Peace and War (The State of War, c. 1753–1755) Protectionism versus Free Trade 5.5 Jean- Jacques Rousseau: On the General Will and Commercial Inequity (The Geneva Manuscript or the First Draft of the Social Contract, c. 1756) 5.6 Jean- J
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 323.09; Human rights -- History -- Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000692419; 9781003121404
• Related ISBNs: 9780367639426; 9780367634612
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