In "Nonsense upon Stilts, " first published in 1987, Waldron includes and discusses extracts from three classic critiques of the idea of natural rights embodied in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Each text is prefaced by an historical introduction and an analysis of its main themes. The collection as a whole in introduced with an essay tracing the philosophical background to the three critiques as well as the eighteenth-century idea of natural rights which they attacked.
But the point of reproducing these works is not merely historical. Modern attacks on rights-based political philosophy mirror the concerns of Bentham, Burke and Marx. Jeremy Waldron has therefore added an extensive concluding essay which relates these classic texts to the modern discussion of rights and re-examines the idea of rights in the light of contemporary critiques. This text provides an invaluable teaching tool for courses in politics and philosophy.
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In "Nonsense upon Stilts, " first published in 1987, Waldron includes and discusses extracts from three classic critiques of the idea of natural rights embodied in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Each text is prefaced by an historical introduction and an analysis of its main themes. The collection as a whole in introduced with an essay tracing the philosophical background to the three critiques as well as the eighteenth-century idea of natural rights which they attacked.
But the point of reproducing these works is not merely historical. Modern attacks on rights-based political philosophy mirror the concerns of Bentham, Burke and Marx. Jeremy Waldron has therefore added an extensive concluding essay which relates these classic texts to the modern discussion of rights and re-examines the idea of rights in the light of contemporary critiques. This text provides an invaluable teaching tool for courses in politics and philosophy.
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Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Revivals |
Release date | July 2014 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1987 |
Authors | Jeremy Waldron |
Dimensions | 216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 246 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-82242-9 |
Barcode | 9781138822429 |
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LSN | 1-138-82242-6 |