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Human Rights / Lauri S. Scherer, book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Introducing issues with opposing viewpointsAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780737769241
  • 0737769246
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC571 .H76 2014
Contents:
Ch. 1. What constitutes a human right? Internet access is a human right / Chris Coons -- Internet access is not a human right / Vinton Cerf, as told to Brooke Gladstone -- Access to water is a human right / Pablo Solon -- Access to water is not a human right / Jacob Mchangama -- Health care is a human right / Robert Greenberg -- Health care is not a human right / Walter E. Williams. Ch. 2. What constitutes a human right violation? The death penalty is a human rights abuse / Robert Meeropol and Rachel Meeropol -- The death penalty does not violate human rights / Charles Lane -- Drone warfare violates human rights / Ramesh Thakur -- In defense of drones / Steven A. Emerson -- Sweatshops violate human rights / Bama Athreya -- Sweatshops do not violate human rights / Jacob G. Hornberger. Ch. 3. How should the United States protect human rights? The United States must emphasize human rights protection in China / Steven Phillips -- The United States should not emphasize human rights protection in China / Zhao Shanchu -- The United States should go to war to protect human rights / Kurt Voller -- The United States should not go to war to protect human rights / Brendan O'Neill -- The United States should give humanitarian aid to enemy countries / Richard Weitz -- To feed, or not to feed / Patrick M. Cronin and Abraham M. Denmark.
Summary: "Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints: Human Rights: Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints is a series that examines current issues from different viewpoints, set up in a pro/con format"--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-137) and index.

Ch. 1. What constitutes a human right? Internet access is a human right / Chris Coons -- Internet access is not a human right / Vinton Cerf, as told to Brooke Gladstone -- Access to water is a human right / Pablo Solon -- Access to water is not a human right / Jacob Mchangama -- Health care is a human right / Robert Greenberg -- Health care is not a human right / Walter E. Williams. Ch. 2. What constitutes a human right violation? The death penalty is a human rights abuse / Robert Meeropol and Rachel Meeropol -- The death penalty does not violate human rights / Charles Lane -- Drone warfare violates human rights / Ramesh Thakur -- In defense of drones / Steven A. Emerson -- Sweatshops violate human rights / Bama Athreya -- Sweatshops do not violate human rights / Jacob G. Hornberger. Ch. 3. How should the United States protect human rights? The United States must emphasize human rights protection in China / Steven Phillips -- The United States should not emphasize human rights protection in China / Zhao Shanchu -- The United States should go to war to protect human rights / Kurt Voller -- The United States should not go to war to protect human rights / Brendan O'Neill -- The United States should give humanitarian aid to enemy countries / Richard Weitz -- To feed, or not to feed / Patrick M. Cronin and Abraham M. Denmark.

"Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints: Human Rights: Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints is a series that examines current issues from different viewpoints, set up in a pro/con format"--

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