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The Community of Rights

The Community of Rights

Gewirth, Alan

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 0226288811
ISBN13: 9780226288819
Publisher: Univ Of Chicago Pr
Published: Jan 19 1998
Pages: 396
Weight: 1.18
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.97 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Alan Gewirth extends his fundamental principle of equal and universal human rights, the Principle of Generic Consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy, exploring its implications for both social and economic rights. He argues that the ethical requirements logically imposed on individual action hold equally for the supportive state as a community of rights, whose chief function is to maintain and promote the universal human rights to freedom and well-being. Such social afflictions as unemployment, homelessness, and poverty are basic violations of these rights, which the supportive state is required to overcome. A critical alternative to both liberal and communitarian views, this book will command the attention of anyone engaged in the debate over social and economic justice.

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