Wrong Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12148290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Wolgast (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-44 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hypatia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1527-2001.1987.tb00850.x |
| OpenAlex | W4252101063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 3 |
An atomistic model of society leads us to address injustices in terms of individual rights, but rights are curious possessions and don't always give the protection that's needed. Examples are patient's rights, children's rights and a fetus's right to life, all of which go wrong because they assume that the subjects are independent and autonomous. This assumption often fails. Rights work where people are in a position to press them; for others they give only a caricature of justice
Business · Economic Justice · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Position (finance · Reservation of rights · Right to property · Sociology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
The Moral and Political Status of Children
Liberal Equality and the Affective Family
Recent Work in Feminist Ethics
Special Agents
Autonomy, Child‐Rearing, and Good Lives
Children, Multiculturalism, and Education
Becoming Versus Being
Children's Choices or Children's Interests
"Questo non è un diritto". Alcune riflessioni su diritto, linguaggio e linguaggio dei diritti
Understanding children’s rights from a pluralistic legal context
Collective rights and women
Plural-legalities and the clash between customary law and 'child rights talk' among rural communities in Kenya
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 2022 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |