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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Douglas B. Rasmussen , Douglas J. Den UylPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9783030484347ISBN 10: 3030484343 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 06 August 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter One Whence Natural Rights? 1. What’s Wrong with Natural Rights? 2. Problems with the Non-Aggression Principle? 3. Why the Reluctance to Appeal to Natural Rights? Chapter Two How to Understand and Justify Individual Rights: A Synopsis 1. Rights as a Moral Concept Liberty as a Moral Notion Understanding the Role of Rights Individualistic Perfectionism Why We Have Rights A Realist Basis for Rejection of Equinormativity 2. The Primacy of Rights in Political Philosophy The Virtue of Justice and Metanorms Three Senses of Justice Social Justice and Natural Endowments 3. Conclusion Chapter Three On Principle 1. Rights, Principles, and Practicality Understanding the Context for Side-Constraints The Range of Applicability of Individual Rights On Being Practical Ideals and Principles Conflicting Principles 2. Natural Rights as Principles 3. Conclusion Chapter Four Objections to Natural Rights and Replies 1. Some Preliminary Objections Natural Rights do not Precede their Implementation Natural Rights are Over-Individualized Natural Rights are Basically a Matter of Power Natural Rights are neither Primary nor sufficiently Obligatory 2. A Basic Metaethical Objection Natural Rights and the “Naturalistic Fallacy” The Alleged Naturalistic Fallacy Deeper Ontological and Epistemological Issues Natural Rights are Grounded in Controversial Metaphysics 3. Impracticality Objections The Irrelevance of Natural Rights Natural Rights Fail to Guide The Absoluteness of Natural Rights The Impotency of Natural Rights 4. Natural Rights and the “Human Nature Problem” The Failure of Inclusivity in Natural Rights The Problematic Concept of Human Nature Chapter Five Segue 1. MacIntyre, Rights, and Tradition 2. Natural Rights and Metaphysical Realism Chapter Six On the Rejection of Metaphysical Realism for Ethical Knowledge 1. Essentialism without Realism 2. Finding Facts in a World of Values Metaphysical Realism and Conceptual Relativity Conceptual Relativity and Getting it Right Idealized Rational Acceptability and the Democratization of Inquiry 3. Questioning Idealized Inquiry Whose freedom? Which Way of Expressing Human Intelligence? Ayn Rand and Universalizability: Asking Questions You Were Always Afraid to Ask The Human Capabilities Approach: Legislating for Human Flourishing Questioning the Criteria of Idealized Inquiry 4. Conclusion Chapter Seven On the Alleged Demise of Metaphysical Realism 1. Constructivism, Metaphysical Realism, and Aquinas’s Distinction 2. Replying to some Basic Objections to Epistemological Realism On Imposing a Conceptual Scheme on the World The Problem of Hooking on to the World A Neo-Aristotelian-Thomistic View of Concepts and Cognition The Myth of the Framework Defining the Nature of Something On Being Fallible and Limited 3. Putnam, Metaphysical Realism, and Conceptual Relativism Chapter Eight The Importance of the Realist Turn 1. Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory 2. Facing a New Direction and/or Recovering an Old OneReviewsThe Realist Turn provides a necessary philosophical compass to reorient liberalism. (Nayeli L. Riano, Law & Liberty, lawliberty.org, January 26, 2021) Rasmussen and Den Uyl's carefully worked out views deserve a wide audience. (David Gordon, The Philosophical Quarterly, December 2, 2020) Author InformationDouglas B. Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at St. John’s University, NYC, USA. Douglas J. Den Uyl is Vice-President of Educational Programs at Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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