Human rights as politics and idolatry /
Ignatieff, Michael.
Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff ; edited and introduced by Amy Gutmann. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001. - xxviii, 187 p. ; 22 cm. - University Center for Human Values series . - University Center for Human Values series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Amy Gutmann -- Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff -- Grounding human rights / K. Anthony Appiah -- Debates with the PTA and others / David A. Hollinger -- the moral imagination and human rights / Thomas W. Laqueur -- Relativism and religion / Diane F. Orentlicher -- Dignity and agency / Michael Ignatieff.
"Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Based on the Tanner Lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2000, the book includes two chapters by Ignatieff, an introduction by Amy Gutmann, comments by four leading scholars -- K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher -- and a response by Ignatieff. Book jacket."--Jacket.
9780691114743 0691114749
2001032102
GBA1-W5881
2003005818X
Human rights.
Political science--Philosophy.
World politics.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Idées politiques.
Politique mondiale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
JC571 / .I39
323
Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff ; edited and introduced by Amy Gutmann. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001. - xxviii, 187 p. ; 22 cm. - University Center for Human Values series . - University Center for Human Values series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Amy Gutmann -- Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff -- Grounding human rights / K. Anthony Appiah -- Debates with the PTA and others / David A. Hollinger -- the moral imagination and human rights / Thomas W. Laqueur -- Relativism and religion / Diane F. Orentlicher -- Dignity and agency / Michael Ignatieff.
"Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Based on the Tanner Lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2000, the book includes two chapters by Ignatieff, an introduction by Amy Gutmann, comments by four leading scholars -- K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher -- and a response by Ignatieff. Book jacket."--Jacket.
9780691114743 0691114749
2001032102
GBA1-W5881
2003005818X
Human rights.
Political science--Philosophy.
World politics.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Idées politiques.
Politique mondiale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
JC571 / .I39
323