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Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff ; edited and introduced by Amy Gutmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Eng Series: University Center for Human Values seriesPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.Description: xxviii, 187 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780691114743
  • 0691114749
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323 21
LOC classification:
  • JC571 .I39
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Contents:
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.
Review: "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.
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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.

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