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Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Which human rights ought to be the first honored and the last sacrificed? In the first systematic attempt by an American philosopher to address the issue of human rights as it relates to U.S. foreign policy, Henry Shue proposes an original conception of basic rights that illuminates both the nature of moral rights generally and the determination of which specific rights are the basic ones.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Release: November 17, 1996

ISBN: 0691029296

ISBN 13: 9780691029290

Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Which human rights ought to be the first honored and the last sacrificed? In the first systematic attempt by an American philosopher to address the issue of human rights as it relates to U.S. foreign policy, Henry Shue proposes an original conception of basic rights that illuminates both the nature of moral rights generally and the determination of which specific rights are the basic ones.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Release: November 17, 1996

ISBN: 0691029296

ISBN 13: 9780691029290

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