The Withdrawal of Rights

Rights from a Different Perspective
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-90-481-6127-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 314, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Synthese Library

Like most discussions within the tradition of rights-talk, this study is motivated by the desire to promote the idea that rights are moral assets that people should acquire in the course of their membership within social and political frameworks. However, while most participants in rights-talk concentrate on the safety and protection constraints required for a successful exercising of rights, the present study inquires into the circumstances under which people's rights lose their validity. The author believes that if we want to prevent the erosion of the role of rights within society and to encourage their obligatory status, we should prevent their misuse, or their unjustified or excessive use. Those who have interests in rights, and are concerned about their withdrawal or denial, will find a unique and inventive way of dealing both with the use, as well as the abuse of rights.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ezra, O.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Concept of Rights.- 2. The Identity of Right-Holders.- 3. The Withdrawal of Rights.- 4. Punishment.- 5. Rights of Partial Members of the Moral Community.- Conclusions.- References.- Notes.