Matthias Mahlmann (Universitat Zurich)

Mind and Rights

The History, Ethics, Law and Psychology of Human Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A uniquely comprehensive analysis of human rights, that combines historical, philosophical, and legal perspectives with cutting edge research from psychology and the cognitive sciences. Provides accessible resources to understand the deep ethical point of human rights and to criticize deficiencies in current human rights theory and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 728g
• ISBN-13: 9781316635407
• ISBN-10: 1316635406
• Artikelnr.: 65689708

Autorenporträt

Matthias Mahlmann is University Professor, Chair of Philosophy and Theory of Law, Legal Sociology and International Public Law at the University of Zurich.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Navigating deep waters: the problems of human rights and new perspectives of enquiry
Part I. The Concept of Human Rights and the Global History of an Idea: 1. The concept of human rights
2. The truth of human rights: a mortal daughter of time?
3. Down the deeper wells of time
Part II. Justification: 4. Far from obvious: the quest for the justification of human rights
5. A castle of sand?
Part III. Rights and Moral Cognition: 6. Which kind of mind, which kind of morals, which kind of rights?
7. Where did it all come from?: Morality and the evolution of the mind
8. The mentalist theory of ethics and law
Epilogue. The tilted scales of justice
Bibliography
Index.