Moral Theory and Human Rights
Scheffler on Structure and Content
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9688371 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Benjamin (0000-0003-2431-9430, Stonehill College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-294 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300038555 |
| OpenAlex | W2096306080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Human rights claims rely on both utilitarian and deontological perspectives of the moral universe. The persuasiveness of these claims depends on the extent to which they resonate harmoniously with a person's other moral opinions. If these opinions cannot be grounded in a larger structure of ra-tionally defensible moral principles, differences of opinion cannot be satis-factorily resolved. When this happens, action protective of rights —about which there may be not only different but diametrically opposed opinion — will be hard to achieve
Action (physics) · Content (measure theory) · Epistemology · Moral disengagement · Moral psychology · Moral rights · Political science · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |