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The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries,Used
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Inspired by a 1988 trip to El Salvador, Michael J. Perry's new book is a personal and scholarly exploration of the idea of human rights. Perry is one of our nation's leading authorities on the relation of morality, including religious morality, to politics and law. He seeks, in this book, to disentangle the complex idea of human rights by way of four probing and interrelated essays.* The initial essay, which is animated by Perry's skepticism about the capacity of any secular morality to offer a coherent account of the idea of human rights, suggests that the first part of the idea of human rightsthe premise that every human being is 'sacred' or 'inviolable'is inescapably religious.* Responding to recent criticism of 'rights talk', Perry explicates, in his second essay, the meaning and value of talk about human rights.* In his third essay, Perry asks a fundamental question about human rights: Are they universal? In addressing this question, he disaggregates and criticizes several different varieties of 'moral relativism' and then considers the implications of these different relativist positions for claims about human rights.* Perry turns to another fundamental question about human rights in his final essay: Are they absolute? He concludes that even if no human rights, understood as moral rights, are absolute or unconditional, some human rights, understood as international legal rights, areand indeed, should beabsolute.In the introduction, Perry writes: 'Of all the influentialindeed, formativemoral ideas to take center stage in the twentieth century, like democracy and socialism, the idea of human rights (which, again, in one form or another, is an old idea) is, for many, the most difficult. It is the most difficult in the sense that it is, for many, the hardest of the great moral ideas to integrate, the hardest to square, with the reigning intellectual assumptions of the age, especially what Bernard Williams has called 'Nietzsche's thought': 'There is not only no God, but no metaphysical order of any kind....' For those who accept 'Nietzsche's thought', can the idea of human rights possibly be more than a kind of aesthetic preference? In a culture in which it was widely believed that there is no God or metaphysical order of any kind, on what basis, if any, could the idea of human rights long survive?'The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries will appeal to students of many disciplines, including (but not limited to) law, philosophy, religion, and politics.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries'? A: The main theme of the book is a personal and scholarly exploration of human rights, focusing on the complex relationship between morality, including religious morality, and politics and law.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries' is Michael J. Perry, a leading authority on the subject of human rights.
- Q: How many essays are included in this book? A: The book contains four interrelated essays that probe various aspects of the idea of human rights.
- Q: Does the book discuss the universality of human rights? A: Yes, one of the essays addresses the fundamental question of whether human rights are universal and critiques different varieties of moral relativism.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries' published? A: The book was published on February 24, 2000.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: The book consists of 176 pages.
- Q: Is this book suitable for students of law, philosophy, or religion? A: Yes, the book is designed to appeal to students across various disciplines, including law, philosophy, religion, and politics.
- Q: What critical questions does Perry explore in the essays? A: Perry explores fundamental questions regarding the nature of human rights, including their religious basis, universality, and whether they can be considered absolute.
- Q: What kind of insights does the introduction provide? A: The introduction discusses the challenges of integrating the idea of human rights within the context of contemporary intellectual thought, particularly concerning the absence of a metaphysical order.