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Human Rights and Civil Rights
The Morality in Our Age Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- John Arthur
- Narrator
- Robert Guillaume
- Publish Date
- 22 January 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Only a few hundred years ago there emerged the ideal of inalienable rights to life, liberty, property, free speech, freedom of conscience and religion, etc. Yet rights now are routinely claimed to include health care, employment, housing, and education; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights even lists paid vacations. Are rights bestowed by government, or do we possess them simply because we are human? Do we have a "right" to all things we need for a full human life—even if it obligates others to provide them?
The Morality in Our Age series examines the historical and philosophical background of today's most pressing moral challenges. Though a final "answer" is notoriously elusive in moral discussion, you'll develop a much better insight into the forces and principles at play on today's most serious moral issues, problems, and dilemmas.
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Details
- Author
- John Arthur
- Narrator
- Robert Guillaume
- Duration
- 2 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 January 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481542975
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Ethics and moral philosophy, Education, Human rights, civil rights, Society and culture: general
Synopsis
Only a few hundred years ago there emerged the ideal of inalienable rights to life, liberty, property, free speech, freedom of conscience and religion, etc. Yet rights now are routinely claimed to include health care, employment, housing, and education; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights even lists paid vacations. Are rights bestowed by government, or do we possess them simply because we are human? Do we have a "right" to all things we need for a full human life—even if it obligates others to provide them?The Morality in Our Age series examines the historical and philosophical background of today's most pressing moral challenges. Though a final "answer" is notoriously elusive in moral discussion, you'll develop a much better insight into the forces and principles at play on today's most serious moral issues, problems, and dilemmas.
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