A Political Theory of Rights

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Contents......Page 10
1.1. Rights: The Issue of Sense......Page 14
1.2. General Aims......Page 16
1.3. The Importance of Individuals......Page 20
1.4. Misgivings about Rights......Page 25
1.5. Natural Law and Natural Rights......Page 26
1.6. The Principle of Self-Ownership......Page 30
Part I. Self-Ownership: The Proprietary Conception of Rights......Page 36
2.1. Introduction......Page 38
2.2. What is Property?......Page 40
2.3. Full Liberal Ownership......Page 42
2.4. The Meaning of Self-Ownership......Page 45
2.5. Must Self-Ownership be Libertarian?......Page 47
2.6. Self-Ownership: Sources of Scepticism......Page 51
2.7. Summary......Page 54
3.1. Introduction......Page 56
3.2. Rights to Resources and Varieties of World Ownership......Page 58
3.3. Locke\'s Theory of Just Acquisition......Page 61
3.4. Nozick\'s Theory of Just Acquisition......Page 67
3.5. The Steiner Constitution......Page 72
3.6. Conclusion......Page 78
4.1. Introduction......Page 79
4.2. A Conjectural History of Proprietary Rights......Page 80
4.3. The Withering Away of Rights: (i) Totalitarianism......Page 85
4.4. The Withering Away of Rights: (ii) Full Compliance......Page 88
4.5. A Right to Change Society?......Page 92
4.6. Fixing the System of Freedom and Constraint......Page 96
Part II. Self-government: The Political Conception of Rights......Page 104
5.1. Introduction......Page 106
5.2. A New Beginning......Page 108
5.3. Locating the Moral Basis of Rights......Page 110
5.4. Autonomy......Page 112
5.5. Autonomy as Personal and Political......Page 119
5.6. The Interplay of Personal and Political Autonomy......Page 122
5.7. The Good of Autonomy......Page 125
5.8. Our Sense of Autonomy......Page 128
5.9. Conclusion......Page 129
6.1. Introduction......Page 131
6.2. Discourse and Contract......Page 132
6.3. Habermas on Ideal Speech......Page 137
6.4. Larmore\'s Neutral Justification......Page 141
6.5. Ackerman\'s Constrained Conversation......Page 143
6.6. Political Liberalism......Page 148
6.7. Summary......Page 152
7.1. Introduction......Page 154
7.2. Can Ideal Discourse Bind?......Page 156
7.3. Autonomy-Regarding Constraints: Personal......Page 159
7.4. Autonomy-Regarding Constraints: Political......Page 161
7.5. The Interdependence of Autonomous Human Beings......Page 165
7.6. Autonomy against Self-Ownership......Page 170
7.7. From Modus Vivendi Politics to Expressivism......Page 177
7.8. Summary......Page 180
8.1. Introduction......Page 181
8.2. Principles of Self-Government......Page 184
8.3. Summary......Page 202
9.2. The Political Understanding of Rights......Page 206
9.3. Human Rights......Page 211
9.4. Rights Scepticism......Page 215
9.5. Talents and Bodily Integrity......Page 222
9.6. Rights and Solidarity......Page 225
9.7. Summary......Page 226
10.1. Making Sense of Rights......Page 228
10.2. Determining What Rights We Have......Page 229
10.3. Why the Institution of Rights?......Page 230
10.4. Concluding Remarks......Page 231
References......Page 234
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