By Grace Y. Kao
Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World
Does the very idea of human rights–that every human being qua human being has a set of rights everyone else must respect–require a religious or metaphysical foundation to support or sustain it? How can we justify a universalist conception of human rights when there is no philosophical consensus on what it is that makes each human being entitled to certain kinds of treatment or forbearance thereof from others?
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Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World is a scholarly work in human rights theory which was published by Georgetown University Press in their Advancing Human Rights series.
It was a featured publication of the popular academic blog, The Immanent Frame in April 2011.
Other reviews appear in the Journal of Religion, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Human Rights Quarterly, and Humanities and Social Sciences Online and elsewhere.
Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World was also the subject of two discussions at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in 2012 and was subsequently adopted by colleagues as a course text for courses in philosophy, public policy, and ethics.
– Annie Hardison-Moody, Associate Professor, North Carolina State UniversitY
More Praise for Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World
“Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World is a must read. It provides an introduction to the basic issues of human rights and should be read in any introductory course on human rights. Not only does Kao write clearly about complex issues, but she brilliantly analyzes the leading and diverse positions. She thereby provides an excellent treatment of the relevant issues implied in the thorny issue of cultural pluralism.”
“Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World makes an important contribution to current discussions of the universality of human rights in the context of cultural and religious pluralism. It embodies broad and deep knowledge of the current theoretical discussions of the foundation and meaning of human rights in both secular and religious contexts. It will be of great interest to human rights scholars in a variety of disciplines, both theoretical and policy-oriented.”
“Clearly written, rigorously argued, and thoroughly researched Grounding Human Rights is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary discussions of human rights. Grace Kao has given us a philosophically sophisticated yet truly accessible book, a rare and valuable contribution.”
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