A Defense of Welfare Rights as Human Rights*

Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 437-456

  Nickel, James W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

All four principles protecting aspects of human dignity; Central human interest security against actions of others leading to death; Defense of welfare rights as human rights; Familiar objection to economic and social rights too burdensome; Final test of feasibility for international human right most countries in the world today are able to implement the right in question; Implementing economic and social rights; Justifying economic and social rights; Vance conception of economic and social rights human rights are not ideals of good life for humans; Widespread acceptance of economic and social rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951664534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444310399.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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