Oedipus at Fenway Park: What Rights Are and Why There Are Any

by Lloyd Weinreb

We speak of rights as though they are objective matters of fact that have a crucial bearing on how we ought to behave. Yet few, if any, rights are universally acknowledged without wide differences of meaning. Instead, they usually represent the particular ideals of the individuals or groups that claim them. Theories of rights have always grappled with this central problem, but none of the literature on the subject has offered a satisfactory solution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674630920
• ISBN13: 9780674630925
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"