To be or not to be: Charles Beitz on the Philosophy of Human Rights: Charles R. Beitz: The Idea of Human Rights. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009, 256 pp

Res Publica 16 (4):441-448 (2010)
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This is a review article of Charles Beitz's 2009 book on the philosophy of human rights, The Idea of Human Rights. The article provides a charitable overview of the book's main arguments, but also raises some doubts about the depth of the distinction between Beitz's 'practical' approach to humans rights and its 'naturalistic' counterparts.

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