An Approach to Rights contains fifteen previously published but mostly inaccessible papers that together show the development of one of the more important contemporary theories of the nature, grounds and practical implications of rights. In a long retrospective essay, Carl Wellman explains what he was trying to accomplish in each paper, how far he believes that he succeeded and where he failed. Thus the author provides a critical perspective both on his own theory and on alternative theories from which he borrows, or that he rejects. These essays identify the problems any adequate theory of rights must solve, describe the more plausible solutions and weigh the merits of each. They will be of special interest to any reader concerned with legal theory, moral philosophy or any branch of applied ethics or social policy in which appeals to rights are frequently made but seldom rationally satisfactory.

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Washington University, St Louis, USA

Carl Wellman

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Book Title: An Approach to Rights
Book Subtitle: Studies in the Philosophy of Law and Morals
Authors: Carl Wellman
Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8812-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4467-4Published: 31 March 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4814-1Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8812-6Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 1572-4395
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 274
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Law, Public International Law, Political Science, Constitutional Law

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