John Rowan

Conflicts of Rights

Moral Theory and Social Policy Implications

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines two moral theories of rights justification and applies them to four social issues: redistributive taxation, affirmative action, pornography, and abortion. It assesses the ethical status of several candidate social policies that continue to be debated in the public arenas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367315139
• ISBN-10: 0367315130
• Artikelnr.: 57733382

Autorenporträt

John Rowan is assistant professor of philosophy at Purdue University Calumet. His research focuses on ethical theory, applied ethics, and professional ethics

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part One: Moral Theory
1 Rights and Social Policy
2 The Structure of Rights
3 The Interest
Based Theory of Rights
4 The Goal
Based Theory of Rights
Part Two: Social Policy Implications
5 Redistributive Taxation
6 Affirmative Action
7 Pornography
8 Abortion
9 Concluding Remarks