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Book SynopsisWe speak of rights as though they are matters of fact that have a crucial bearing on how we ought to behave. Yet few, if any, rights are universally acknowledged without wide differences of meaning. Weinreb makes the first significant advance toward an understanding of what rights are, how they function in our lives, and why we need them.
Trade ReviewA splendid contribution to an important philosophical debate…stimulating, challenging, and, to be sure, instructive. -- Robert P. George, Princeton University
Weinreb sees both the nature and the content of rights arising from and being grounded on responsibility. Although others have suggested from time to time that there is some connection between responsibility and rights, no one to my knowledge has imagined that the relationship is so complete and illuminating as Weinreb proposes. This is a highly original theory of rights. -- Carl Wellman, Washington University in St. Louis
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Persistent Puzzles 2. Human Responsibility 3. Individual Responsibility 4. Oedipus at Fenway Park 5. Responsibility and Rights 6. What Has Rights 7. Human Rights 8. Civil Rights 9. Applications Notes Index
