W HEN governments and international agencies talk about people's basic political and
economic entitlements, they regularly use the language of rights. When constitutions are …

INTRODUCTION What is a" good society," as opposed to a just one, and what is demanded
of the state by the demand of" goodness" in a good society? Must a state in a good society …

I am a theorist, not a practitioner, and I believe that good theory is important for good
practice. The most important theoretical development in human rights during the past two …

Capabilities are important human entitlements, inherent in the idea of basic social justice,
and can be viewed as one species of a human rights approach. This chapter explores this …

Our overall motivation in exploring the relationship between the capability approach and
human rights is to enhance our understanding of both as theoretical paradigms, and as …

A man, without the proper use of the intellectual faculties of a man,... seems to be mutilated
and deformed in a [n].. essential part of the character of human nature. Though the state was …

It is obvious that the human eye gratifies itself in a way different from the crude, non-human
eye; the human ear different from the crude ear, etc.... The sense caught up in crude …

It is sometimes said that the concept of human rights is" the only political-moral idea that has
received universal acceptance."'Some describe human rights as the central moral issue in …

Not all of the uses are unworthy. During the past half-century, many cheered the yearning for
sovereignty by peoples that did not have it: sovereignty was the watchcry for the principle of …

Two important trends are discernible in the contemporary philosophy of human rights.
According to foundationalism, human rights have importantly distinctive normative grounds …