Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms

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Kimberley Brownlee (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia)

Being Sure of Each Other

An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms

Kimberley Brownlee (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia)

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Oxford University Press
26 March 2020

Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Sociology & anthropology; Human rights & civil liberties law

We are deeply social creatures. Our core social needs--for meaningful social inclusion--are more important than our civil and political needs and our economic welfare needs, and we won't secure those other things if our core social needs go unmet. Our core social needs ground a human right against social deprivation as well as a human right to have the resources to sustain other people. Kimberley Brownlee defends this fundamental but largely neglected human right; having defined social deprivation as a persistent lack of minimally adequate access to decent human contact, she then discusses situations such as solitary confinement and incidental isolation. Fleshing out what it means to belong, Brownlee considers why loneliness and weak social connections are not just moral tragedies, but often injustices, and argues that we endure social contribution injustice when we are denied the means to sustain others. Our core social needs can clash with our interests in interactive and associative freedom, and when they do, social needs take priority. We have a duty to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to satisfy their social needs. As Brownlee asserts, we violate this duty if we classify some people as inescapably socially threatening, either through using reductive, essentialist language that reduces people to certain acts or traits--'criminal', 'rapist', 'paedophile', 'foreigner'--or in the ways we physically segregate such people and fail to help people to reintegrate after segregation.

By: Kimberley Brownlee (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy University of British Columbia)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 416g
ISBN: 9780198714064
ISBN 10: 0198714068
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 26 March 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1: Social Beings 2: Social Deprivation 3: Sustaining Others 4: Interactive Freedom 5: Dilemmas of Sociability 6: Associative Freedom 7: Moral Messiness 8: Segregation

Kimberley Brownlee is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Her current research focuses on sociability, social rights, loneliness, and freedom of association. She is the author of Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms (Oxford 2020), Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience (Oxford 2012), co-editor of Disability and Disadvantage (Oxford 2009, with Adam Cureton), and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Applied Philosophy (Wiley 2016, with David Coady and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen).

Reviews for Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms

At the heart of this book then is a simple plea - that we open our eyes to what is most basic, in many ways what is most challenging, but also most meaningful, about being human: our need for other humans. * David Jenkins, Law and Philosophy * Being Sure of Each Other is an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the content and scope of our social rights and freedoms precisely because it allows us to raise these questions and provides a framework for addressing them. * Enrico Biale, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice * In this insightful and inspiring book, Kimberley Brownlee develops a nuanced appreciation of sociability as a fundamental human value. Arguing against unlimited liberal associative freedom, Brownlee's engaging analysis uncovers the neglected rights and duties generated by the importance of our need for social connection. This is essential, eye-opening reading for anyone working in human rights theory, moral or legal philosophy. * Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling * This excellent book opens a new chapter in moral philosophy: what we owe each other as social beings vulnerable to loneliness. * James W. Nickel, Emeritus Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Miami * Kimberley Brownlee's Being Sure of Each Other is an impressively creative, deeply thoughtful, and ground-breaking book on the nature of social rights. * Cheshire Calhoun, Criminal Law and Philosophy *