Natural rights / by Margaret MacDonald -- Justice and equality / by Gregory Vlastos -- Are there any natural rights? / by H.L.A. Hart -- Are there any absolute rights? / by Alan Gewirth -- Utility and rights / by David Lyons -- Rights, goals, and fairness
/ by T.M. Scanlon -- Rights as trumps / by Ronald Dworkin -- Can there be a right-based moral theory? / by J.L. Mackie -- Right-based moralities / by Joseph Raz.
This book collects nine of the most important articles published in the last twenty years on the subject of rights--their nature, content, and justification--in philosophy, jurisprudence, and political theory. Contributors include Margaret MacDonald, Gregory Vlastos, H.L.A. Hart, Alan Gewirth, David Lyons, T.M. Scanlon, Ronald Dworkin, J.L. Mackie, and Joseph Raz.
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