Universal Human Rights

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2
Part I: The Nature of Human Rights Chapter 3 The Structure of Arguments for Human Rights Chapter 4 Human Rights: Constitutional and International Chapter 5 Universalism and Relativism in Human Rights Part 6
Part II: The Particular in Universal Human Rights Chapter 7 Are Women Human? Feminist Reflections on "Women's Rights as Human Rights" Chapter 8 Human Rights and the Ethic of Listening Chapter 9 Rights Against Institutions: What Governments Should and Can Do Part 10
Part III: Enforcing Universal Human Rights Chapter 11 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention Chapter 12 Genocide and Political Responsibility Chapter 13 Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court Part 14 Rights in Extremis Chapter 15 Is Terrorism Ever Morally Permissible? An Inquiry into the Right to Life Chapter 16 Thwarting Suicide Terrorists: The Locus of Moral Constraints and the (Ir)Relevance of "Human Rights"

David A. Reidy is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee. Mortimer N. S. Sellers is Regents Professor of the University System of Maryland and director of the Center for International & Comparative Law.

Although human rights discourse is becoming the recognized lingua franca of international relations, differences of justification, interpretation, application and enforcement abound. This set of original essays throws fresh light on these differences while clearly exemplifying the greater importance of the basic similarities that all parties to the debate share. -- Richard T. De George, University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas Nine philosophers and two legal scholars contribute articles to this volume, and severla contribute significantly to this discussion. Philosophy in Review, October 2006 This impressive and timely volume brings together some of the most hotly-debated issues in the philosophical discourse on human rights and offers new ways of thinking about them. The essays raise all the hard questions on the theory and practice of human rights, providing wide-ranging and sharply contested arguments. The book is a must for anyone interested in the normative and institutional issues of human rights and their global dimensions. -- Deen Chatterjee, University of Utah Although human rights discourse is becoming the recognized lingua franca of international relations, differences of justification, interpretation, application and enforcement abound. This set of original essays throws fresh light on these differences while clearly exemplifying the greater importance of the basic similarities that all parties to the debate share. -- Richard T. De George, University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas