Morton Winston
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morton Winston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morton |
| FAMILY NAME | Winston |
| SIGNATURE | WINSTON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Human rights in the news
From the outset the modern human rights movement has relied on the press and media as an essential partner in its work to hold governments accountable for human rights violations. When Peter Benens
Custom Humanity and Technology
If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die
‘If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die’: How Genocide Was Stopped in East Timor Geoffrey Robinson Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010 311 pp, $45 (hbk) On 30 August 1999, the people of East
Social Dialogue and the Legitimation of Corporate Human Rights Policies
Human Rights as Moral Rebellion and Social Construction
This paper describes and defends a moral constructivist theory of human rights which characterizes them as an historically-evolved, socially-constructed ethico-legal paradigm designed to prevent and ameliorate systematic or institutionalized forms of oppression. After describing this theory and comparing it with alternative accounts of the nature, origins, and justifications of human rights, I argue that by grounding a common understanding of hum…
The Humanitarian Argument for the Iraq War
As the case that Saddam Hussein posed a “threat of unique urgency” to the national security of the United States began to unravel, the Bush administration increasingly turned to the “humanitarian a
The death penalty and the Forfeiture Thesis
Opponents of the death penalty argue that judicial executions violate the condemned prisoner's right to life. Death penalty retentionists often attempt to counter this argument by asserting that persons convicted of capital crimes have forfeited their right to life. This paper examines the logic of the Forfeiture Thesis, and a related assumption, the State Authority Thesis, in relation to the properties of the human right to life of inalienabilit…
NGO Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility
This article describes and evaluates the different strategies that have been employed by international human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in attempting to influence the behavior of multinational corporations (MNCs). Within the NGO world, there is a basic divide on tactics for dealing with corporations: Engagers try to draw corporations into dialogue in order to persuade them by means of ethical and prudential arguments to adopt vol…
On the Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights
This paper defends the claim that the contemporary canon of human rights forms an indivisible and interdependent system of norms against both "Western" and "Asian" critics who have asserted exceptionalist or selectivist counterclaims. After providing a formal definition of human rights, I argue that the set of particular human rights that comprises the contemporary canon represents an ethical-legal paradigm which functions as an implicit theory o…
The Prevention of Institutionalized Intergroup Violence
An Emergency Response System for the International Community
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the international system in place since the end of World War II has been struggling to find answers to new problems and questions of international responsibility. In his response to “The Politics of Rescue,” Winston argues that the real dilemma facing the international system is not a question of what form intervention will take, but rather a question of the existence of political will to act on the humanit…
Case Studies
A case study is presented in which a bisexual man tests positive for antibodies to the human immune deficiency virus (HIV), a virus associated with AIDS. The patient, who is asymptomatic, is urged to tell his fiancée of the diagnosis. When he refuses, his physician must decide whether to inform the woman himself or to protect the confidentiality of his patient. Winston and Landesman comment on the physician's moral and legal obligations. Winston …
Case Studies
Morton E. Winston, Sally M. Winston, Paul S. Appelbaum, Nancy K. Rhoden, Case Studies: Can a Subject Consent to a 'Ulysses Contract'?, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Aug., 1982), pp. 26-28
NGO Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility
This article describes and evaluates the different strategies that have been employed by international human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in attempting to influence the behavior of multinational corporations (MNCs). Within the NGO world, there is a basic divide on tactics for dealing with corporations: Engagers try to draw corporations into dialogue in order to persuade them by means of ethical and prudential arguments to adopt vol…
Human rights in the news
From the outset the modern human rights movement has relied on the press and media as an essential partner in its work to hold governments accountable for human rights violations. When Peter Benens
Human Rights as Moral Rebellion and Social Construction
This paper describes and defends a moral constructivist theory of human rights which characterizes them as an historically-evolved, socially-constructed ethico-legal paradigm designed to prevent and ameliorate systematic or institutionalized forms of oppression. After describing this theory and comparing it with alternative accounts of the nature, origins, and justifications of human rights, I argue that by grounding a common understanding of hum…
Case Studies
Morton E. Winston, Sally M. Winston, Paul S. Appelbaum, Nancy K. Rhoden, Case Studies: Can a Subject Consent to a 'Ulysses Contract'?, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Aug., 1982), pp. 26-28
Case Studies
A case study is presented in which a bisexual man tests positive for antibodies to the human immune deficiency virus (HIV), a virus associated with AIDS. The patient, who is asymptomatic, is urged to tell his fiancée of the diagnosis. When he refuses, his physician must decide whether to inform the woman himself or to protect the confidentiality of his patient. Winston and Landesman comment on the physician's moral and legal obligations. Winston …
The Prevention of Institutionalized Intergroup Violence
An Emergency Response System for the International Community
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the international system in place since the end of World War II has been struggling to find answers to new problems and questions of international responsibility. In his response to “The Politics of Rescue,” Winston argues that the real dilemma facing the international system is not a question of what form intervention will take, but rather a question of the existence of political will to act on the humanit…
On the Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights
This paper defends the claim that the contemporary canon of human rights forms an indivisible and interdependent system of norms against both "Western" and "Asian" critics who have asserted exceptionalist or selectivist counterclaims. After providing a formal definition of human rights, I argue that the set of particular human rights that comprises the contemporary canon represents an ethical-legal paradigm which functions as an implicit theory o…
The death penalty and the Forfeiture Thesis
Opponents of the death penalty argue that judicial executions violate the condemned prisoner's right to life. Death penalty retentionists often attempt to counter this argument by asserting that persons convicted of capital crimes have forfeited their right to life. This paper examines the logic of the Forfeiture Thesis, and a related assumption, the State Authority Thesis, in relation to the properties of the human right to life of inalienabilit…
NGO Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility
This article describes and evaluates the different strategies that have been employed by international human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in attempting to influence the behavior of multinational corporations (MNCs). Within the NGO world, there is a basic divide on tactics for dealing with corporations: Engagers try to draw corporations into dialogue in order to persuade them by means of ethical and prudential arguments to adopt vol…
The Humanitarian Argument for the Iraq War
As the case that Saddam Hussein posed a “threat of unique urgency” to the national security of the United States began to unravel, the Bush administration increasingly turned to the “humanitarian a
Human Rights as Moral Rebellion and Social Construction
This paper describes and defends a moral constructivist theory of human rights which characterizes them as an historically-evolved, socially-constructed ethico-legal paradigm designed to prevent and ameliorate systematic or institutionalized forms of oppression. After describing this theory and comparing it with alternative accounts of the nature, origins, and justifications of human rights, I argue that by grounding a common understanding of hum…
Social Dialogue and the Legitimation of Corporate Human Rights Policies
If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die
‘If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die’: How Genocide Was Stopped in East Timor Geoffrey Robinson Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010 311 pp, $45 (hbk) On 30 August 1999, the people of East
Custom Humanity and Technology
Human rights in the news
From the outset the modern human rights movement has relied on the press and media as an essential partner in its work to hold governments accountable for human rights violations. When Peter Benens
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