Author: Nigel Biggar
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198861974
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
What's Wrong with Rights? argues that contemporary rights-talk obscures the importance civic virtue, military effectiveness and the democratic law legitimacy. It draws upon legal and moral philosophy, moral theology, and court judgments. It spans discussions from medieval Christendom to contemporary debates about justified killing.