Idealism and Rights: The Social Ontology of Human Rights in the Political Thought of Bernard Bosanquet

by William Sweet

Idealism and Rights discusses the theory of rights of the British idealist political philosopher, Bernard Bosanquet. Bosanquet's political philosophy, like that of the British idealists in general, has long been subject to misunderstanding and prejudice. Yet its practical influence, in Great Britain and its empire from the late nineteenth until the mid-twentieth centuries, was profound. The author argues that Bosanquet's account of rights provides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761832556
• ISBN13: 9780761832553
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.5"