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Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as--more controversially for some--subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the interpersonal, social dimensions of a minimally decent life, including our basic needs for decent human contact and acknowledgment, for interaction and adequate social inclusion, and for relationship, intimacy, and shared ways of living, as well as our competing interests in solitude and associative freedom. This pioneering collection of original essays aims to remedy the neglect of social needs and rights in human rights theory and practice by exploring the social dimensions of the human-rights minimum. The essays subject enumerated social human rights and proposed social human rights to philosophical scrutiny, and probe the conceptual, normative, and practical implications of taking social human rights seriously. The contributors to this volume demonstrate powerfully how important this undertaking is, despite the thorny theoretical and practical challenges that social rights present.

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"Kimberley Brownlee holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Being Sure of Each Other and Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience. Kimberley Brownlee holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Being Sure of Each Other and Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience. Kimberley Brownlee holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Being Sure of Each Other and Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience. David Jenkins is a lecturer in political theory at the University of Otago. He has published work on unconditional basic income, the politics of public space in India, homelessness, James Baldwin and recognition, homelessness, structural injustice, and work. David Jenkins is a lecturer in political theory at the University of Otago. He has published work on unconditional basic income, the politics of public space in India, homelessness, James Baldwin and recognition, homelessness, structural injustice, and work. David Jenkins is a lecturer in political theory at the University of Otago. He has published work on unconditional basic income, the politics of public space in India, homelessness, James Baldwin and recognition, homelessness, structural injustice, and work. Adam Neal is a Leverhulme Trust-funded doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Warwick. His research concerns the social and interpersonal implications of poverty, the philosophy of work, and the ethics of relationships. Adam Neal is a Leverhulme Trust-funded doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Warwick. His research concerns the social and interpersonal implications of poverty, the philosophy of work, and the ethics of relationships. Adam Neal is a Leverhulme Trust-funded doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Warwick. His research concerns the social and interpersonal implications of poverty, the philosophy of work, and the ethics of relationships. Danielle Cohen grew up in Manchester, England, reading anything and everything aloud, and at the age of eight dreamed of being a news reader, or later, a stand-up comedian! Neither of those careers ever came to fruition, but she did pursue an acting career for many years, performing in many venues around London, at the Edinburgh Festival, and worked with several children's theater companies. Danielle has also voiced a number television documentaries. Danielle now lives in Vermont. She is an actress and a successful audiobook narrator. She has always loved telling a good story and being an audiobook narrator has been a natural progression. When she's not narrating audiobooks, she can be found walking or running with friends, playing board games with her husband and teenage daughters, or baking and eating cake. An Oxford University and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate, Alex Wyndham has voiced everything from Apple iPad campaigns to fertilizer instructions. He's also starred in several BBC and HBO shows, including the Emmy Award-winning Little Dorrit and Rome, and in various films. In its review of his narration of The Strangler Vine, the Washington Post described him as ""brilliant at summoning up the personalities in this exotic, exciting tale."" Romantic Historical Reviews writes that he is a ""wonderful narrator"" and ""has an ability to get to the emotional heart of both story and characters."""

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