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St Cross Seminar: Natural Human Rights: A Theory

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Uehiro Oxford Institute
This talk explores the central argument in Boylan's recent book, 'Natural Human Rights: A Theory'
Arguing against the grain of most contemporary writers on the subject, I contend that an examination of the structure and function of human action allows one to bridge the fact/value chasm to create binding positive duties that recognize fundamental human rights claims. This theoretical argument is then suggestively applied to contemporary social and political problems in the world.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute
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Michael Boylan
Keywords
human rights
philosophy
ethics
Department: Uehiro Oxford Institute
Date Added: 03/12/2014
Duration: 00:59:19

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