The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights is an outstanding resource covering key questions, problems, and debates in scholarship on the nature, justification, authority and relevance of human rights.
The volume comprises 35 chapters by leading scholars from a range of philosophical orientations and traditions. The Handbook is divided into five sections:
Approaching the Philosophy of Human Rights Grounds of Human Rights Critical Perspectives Contemporary Human Rights Issues Human Rights of Groups
The volume is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy who are interested in understanding human rights. It is also a valuable resource for those in related fields including law, political science, sociology, and the humanities.
Introduction Jesse Tomalty and Kerri Woods Section 1: Approaching the Philosophy of Human Rights 1. Why Human Rights? Rowan Cruft 2. The Duties Associated with Human Rights Stephanie Collins 3. Legal Human Rights, as Distinct from Moral Ones Gopal Sreenivasan 4. A Practice-Based Approach to Human Rights Philosophy Cristina Lafont 5. Anchoring Human Rights: Practice without Foundations Vittorio Bufacchi 6. The Lure of Minimalism Adam Etinson Section 2: Grounds of Human Rights 7. The Grounds of Human Rights: Interests Peter Jones 8. Dignity as Conferred Status: An Alternative Approach to Human Rights Suzy Killmister 9. Human Rights and Equality Adina Preda 10. Capabilities and Human Rights Jos Phillips 11. On The Nature of Human Rights Protection against Vulnerability Costanza Porro and Christine Straehle 12. Human Rights and African Communitarian Values Thaddeus Metz 13. Human Rights and the Kantian Tradition Marcus Düwell 14. Confucian Resources for Human Rights May Sim 15. An Islamic Foundation for Human Rights Fatema Amijee Section 3: Critical Perspectives 16. Human Rights, Human Reason, Human History Simon Hope 17. Combative Decoloniality and Human Rights Nelson Maldonado-Torres 18. A Feminist Human Rights Proposal Diana Tietjens Meyers 19. Pragmatist Challenges Joe Hoover 20. Human Rights and Speciesism Alasdair Cochrane Section 4: Contemporary Human Rights Issues 21. Is there a human right against discrimination? Saladin Meckled-Garcia 22. Human Rights and Democracy David Reidy 23. Internet and Communications Merten Reglitz 24. Poverty and Human Rights: Theoretical Disputes and Practical Consequences Elizabeth Kahn 25. Health, Human Rights, and Trade-Offs Michael Da Silva 26. The Human Right to Work Jesse Tomalty 27. Social Access and Inclusion Kimberley Brownlee and David Jenkins 28. On the Human Right to Found a Family Luara Ferracioli 29. Human rights, Environment, Nature Marcel Wissenburg and Mihnea Tănăsescu Section 5: Human Rights of Groups 30. Cultural Rights Andrew Shorten 31. Decolonizing Women’s Human Rights: Reflections from Ecoterritorial Feminist Movements in Latin America Serene Khader and Pedro Monque 32. Are Indigenous Rights Human Rights? A qualified defense Kerstin Reibold 33. Children’s Human Rights Anca Gheaus 34. LGBT+/SOGIE Human Rights Kerri Woods 35. The Human Rights of Refugees in an Age of Deterrence Serena Parekh
Jesse Tomalty is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research focuses on normative and conceptual questions about global justice and human rights. She has published articles on a range of themes including socio-economic human rights, global poverty, the nature of human rights, and the ethics of immigration. Kerri Woods is Associate Professor of Political Theory and Deputy Head of the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. She has research interests in human rights theory and feminist political theory. Her publications include Human Rights (2014) and Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability (2010).
Reviews for The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
“Not the usual suspects with the usual arguments, this exceptionally international array of authors includes leading theorists, but also a richly diverse set of fresh voices escaping tired dichotomies (and tired trichotomies!). This Handbook features path-breaking dialogues with conventional positions as well as provocative proposals, for the benefit of students and academics interested in an updated and expanded discourse on the Philosophy of Human Rights.” -- Henry Shue, author of Basic Rights (2020) and The Pivotal Generation (2021).
