The Concept of Rights

• Main Author: Rainbolt, George W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 73
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political science.; Political philosophy.; Philosophy of Law.; Political Philosophy.

What is it to have a right? Previous answers to this question can be divided into two groups. Some (e.g., Joseph Raz) hold interest/benefit theories of rights while others (e.g., H.L.A. Hart and Carl Wellman) hold choice/will theories of rights. The Concept of Rights defends an alternative to both o...

Table of Contents:

• Rights and Hohfeldian Analysis
• Normative Constraints
• Deontic and Alethic Concepts
• The Relational Nature of Rights
• Rights, Reasons, and Persons
• Rights Conflict
• Right Holders: Present
• Right Holders: Past and Future
• A Final Comparison.