Human Rights and Common Good: Collected Essays
- ISBN-10
- 0199580073
- ISBN-13
- 9780199580071
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 429
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-04-07
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- John Finnis
Description
Human Rights and Common Good collects John Finnis's wide-ranging work on central issues in political philosophy. The subjects explored include the general theory of political community and justice; the nature and role of human rights; national territory and migrants' and non-citizens' rights; the justification of punishment; and the public control of euthanasia, abortion, and marriage.
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