Human Rights and Common Good

by John Finnis

Book Overview

This central volume in the Collected Essays brings together John Finnis's wide-ranging contribution to central issues in political philosophy.

The volume begins by examining the general theory of political community and social justice. It includes the powerful and well-known Maccabaean Lecture on Bills of Rights -- a searching critique of Ronald Dworkin's moral-political arguments and conclusions, of the European Court of Human Rights' approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199580073
• ISBN13: 9780199580071
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"