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An Approach to Rights

Studies in the Philosophy of Law and Morals

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Carl Wellman

    1. Washington University, St Louis, USA

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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 29)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Seeking a Theory of Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 1-48

  3. Upholding Legal Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 49-62

  4. Legal Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 63-73

  5. A New Conception of Human Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 74-84

  6. Consent to Medical Research on Children

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 85-104

  7. Taking Economic Rights Seriously

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 105-116

  8. Moral Rights and Positive Law

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 117-126

  9. The Growth of Children’s Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 127-140

  10. Terrorism and Moral Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 141-163

  11. Judicial Discretion and Constitutional Law

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 164-176

  12. The Right to Privacy and Personal Autonomy

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 177-186

  13. Social Justice and Human Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 187-199

  14. Violence, Law, and Basic Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 200-216

  15. Politics and Constitutional Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 217-230

  16. Interpreting the Bill of Rights: Alternative Conceptions of Rights

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 231-243

  17. The Inalienable Right to Life and the Durable Power of Attorney

    • Carl Wellman
    Pages 244-263

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 264-274
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About this book

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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