ISBN:
9781402042126
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The New Synthese Historical Library, Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy 59
DDC:
323/.09
Keywords:
History
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Political Science
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Law History
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Humanities
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Law Philosophy
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Recht
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Geschichte 1200-1500
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Recht
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Geschichte 1500-1800
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Rechtsphilosophie
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Geschichte 1300-1800
Abstract:
Rights language is a fundamental feature of the modern world. Virtually all significant social and political struggles are waged, and have been waged for over a century now, in terms of rights claims. In some ways, it is precisely the birth of modern rights language that ushers in modernity in terms of moral and political thought, and the struggle for a modern way of life seems for many synonymous with the fight for a universal recognition of equal, individual human rights. Where did modern rights language come from? What kinds of rights discourses is it rooted in? What is the specific nature of modern rights discourse, when and where were medieval and ancient notions of rights transformed into it? Can one in fact find any single such transformation of medieval into modern rights discourse? This book brings together some of the most central scholars in the history of medieval and early-modern rights discourse. Through the different angles taken by its authors, the volume brings to light the multifaceted nature of rights languages in the medieval and early modern world.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1. Are There Any Individual Rights or Only Duties?; 2. Rights and Duties in Late Scholastic Discussion on Extreme Necessity; 3. Right(s) in Ockham: A Reasonable Vision of Politics; 4. Politics, Right(s) and Human Freedom in Marsilius of Padua; 5. Summenhart's Theory of Rights; 6. Moral Self-Ownership and Ius Possessionis in Late Scholastics; 7. Dominion of Self and Natural Rights Before Locke and After; 8. Natural Law and Practical Reasoning in Late Medieval Scholasticism; 9. Liberty and Natural Rights in Pufendorf's Natural Law Theory
Description / Table of Contents:
10. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness11. The Lockean Rightholders; Index Of Names
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/1-4020-4212-4
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