Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community

by Loren E. Lomasky

Book Overview

This book provides a complete and convincing account of what rights we do and do not have, who has them, and why. Presenting the foundations of a liberal, individualistic theory of rights, Lomasky explains the place of rights within the overall structure of morality, arguing for the moral importance of individual commitments to and pursuit of "projects." After developing his theory of basic rights, Lomasky demonstrates its implications for a variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195064747
• ISBN13: 9780195064742
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 5.5"