Interrogating the Morality of Human Rights
Author | : Michael J. Perry |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2023-05-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781035306275 |
ISBN-13 | : 1035306271 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Download or read book Interrogating the Morality of Human Rights written by Michael J. Perry and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This forward-thinking book illustrates the complexities of the morality of human rights. Emphasising the role of human rights as the only true global political morality to arise since the Second World War, chapters explore its role as applied to often controversial issues, such as capital punishment, the exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage and criminal abortion bans.