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- Title
Approaching Human Rights Law Philosophically: Reflections on Allen Buchanan, The Heart of Human Rights.
- Authors
Risse, Mathias
- Abstract
I begin by summarizing some of the main features of Buchanan's account. I argue next that his account gets no support from defeating his envisaged opponent, the Mirroring View of human rights. Then I discuss some general ideas about the concept and different conceptions of human rights before introducing my own conception and explaining why I think it has certain advantages over Buchanan's. In particular, my account is better suited for the intellectual engagement with China that philosophers should contribute to and whose centrality Buchanan recognizes.
- Subjects
HEART of Human Rights, The (Book); BUCHANAN, Allen E., 1948-; HUMAN rights; INTERNATIONAL law; NONFICTION
- Publication
Law & Philosophy, 2017, Vol 36, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
0167-5249
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1007/s10982-016-9281-1