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ON BEHALF OF RIGHTS
Author(s) -
Little David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of religious ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1467-9795
pISSN - 0384-9694
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2006.00269.x
Subject(s) - democracy , argument (complex analysis) , human rights , subject (documents) , natural (archaeology) , philosophy , epistemology , law and economics , law , position (finance) , political science , environmental ethics , sociology , history , economics , politics , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , finance , library science , computer science
Though responses to Stout's book, Democracy and Tradition, have touched on his discussion of rights, none has comprehensively examined his position on the subject. Having endorsed several objections Stout raises against some influential views on democracy and rights, this article proceeds to criticize Stout's description and theoretical account of the natural and human rights traditions. The central argument is that Stout cannot successfully both affirm the traditions and adhere to his account.