Against Ideal Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20477336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Eddy (0000-0002-2106-4746, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 463-481 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-802X • E-ISSN: 2154-123X |
| Publisher | Florida State University (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/soctheorpract200834326 |
| OpenAlex | W1976584714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the first part of the paper I argue that ideal rights are not real rights. Put another way, my claim is that adopting an ‘ideal theory’ approach to the analysis of rights will yield an implausible and overly expansive catalogue of rights. Rights are unique in that they are associated with moral urgency and pre-emptiveness; to adopt an ideal account would leave us with rights that lacked these distinctive conceptual features
Applied philosophy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics) · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |