Human Rights and Human Diversity

A.J.M. Milne , Professor of Political Theory and Institutions at the University of Durham, is the author of The Right to Dissent: Issues in Political Philosophy.

• Preface Introduction 0.1 Objections to the idea of human rights0.2 Human rights as a minimum standardPART I MORALITY 1 Rules, Principles and Conduct 1.1 Rules1.2 Principles1.3 Law and morality2 Morality and Society 2.1 What morality is2.2 The social basis of morality2.3 On a community's interest and its moral implications3 Moral Universality and Moral Diversity (i) 3.1 Why moral diversity cannot be total3.2 Analysis of 'justice' as 'fair treatment'3.3 Exposition of the moral principles of community3.4 Common morality and particular morality4 Moral Diversity (ii): Religion and Ideology 4.1 Religion4.2 Ideology5 Morality and the 'Categorical Imperative' 5.1 Exposition and criticism of the 'Categorical Imperative'5.2 Kant's humanity principle as the basis for a universal minimum moral standardPART II RIGHTS 6 The Idea of Rights (i) 6.1 Analysis and exposition of the concept of a right6.2 Hohfeld on the concept of a right7 The Idea of Rights (ii): On the Sources and Significance of Social Rights 7.1 Positive law and morality as sources of rights7.2 Custom as a source of rights7.3 On the significance and limitations of rights8 The Idea of Rights (iii): Human Rights 8.1 Exposition of human rights as universal minimum moral rights: first stage8.2 Exposition of human rights as universal minimum moral rights: second stage8.3 Implications and amplifications: first stage8.4 Implications and amplifications: second stage9 Human Rights and Politics 9.1 On the nature and significance of government9.2 Political rights and human rights9.3 Domestic politics and human rights9.4 International relations and human rightsNotes Index