This paper studies theoretical discussions on the existence of a special subset of rights
which are not regarded only as rights but also as duties. 1 It elaborates the works of …

The essay considers whether there are necessary truths about rights. The existence of rights
is contingent, but our practices involving rights rest upon fundamental conceptual …

The first part of this splendid book [Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1990)] care-fully distinguishes the sorts of things …

This book concerns concepts of rights and philosophical accounts thereof. It distinguishes
between two kinds of philosophical accounts of rights: models and theories. Models outline …

Thirdly, Chapter 5 explores the vital topic of the relation between rights and duties. As might
be expected, however, from a philosopher eschewing the division of rights (or duties) into …

There is a long-standing debate about how best to explain rights—one dominated by two
rivals, the Interest and Will theories. This article argues that, not only is each theory …

Imagine a world very much like ours, except that nobody has any rights. A world with no
rights is not necessarily evil or cruel. People's lives, possessions, and well-being may be …

An Approach to Rights contains fifteen previously published but mostly inaccessible papers
that together show the development of one of the more important contemporary theories of …

Rights are everywhere. We have rights to vote, to free speech, to our property, to operate a
car, to marry, to attend public institutions of learning, to open a bank account, to make gifts or …

Abstract Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash ABSTRACT In cases where the law
conflicts with bioethics, the status of rights must be determined to resolve some of the …