Three Concepts of Natural Human Rights

Studies in Christian Ethics 23 (2):182-191 (2010)
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This article argues that Wolterstorff’s concept of rights is ambiguous between the interest and will theories. It provides possible reconstructions and points towards a more suitable third concept theologically grounded in an account of humans as constituted relationally, juridically and eternally

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Are there any natural rights?H. L. A. Hart - 1955 - Philosophical Review 64 (2):175-191.
The nature and value of rights.Joel Feinberg & Jan Narveson - 1970 - Journal of Value Inquiry 4 (4):243-260.

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