The Moral Foundations of Rights
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Stirling
Department Name: Philosophy
Abstract
The project examines the moral foundations of rights; it explores the sense in which humans 'construct' rights, and defends the claim that rights are necessary responses to certain independently valuable features of human beings (features whose value is independent of their being chosen or constructed as valuable). The project investigates the role of basic needs as the central valuable features which justify pre-legal 'human rights', and examines the sense in which such rights ensure that people are treated equally.
Organisations
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ORCID iD |
| Rowan Cruft (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Cruft, R
(2007)
Policy Implications of the Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights
in Archiv fur Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie - Beiheft
Cruft, R.
(2009)
The Problem of Moral Demandingness: New Philosophical Essays
Cruft R
(2010)
On the Non-instrumental Value of Basic Rights
in Journal of Moral Philosophy
Cruft R
(2010)
Are Property Rights Ever Basic Human Rights?
in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations