Actualizing Human Rights Global Inequality, Future People, and Motivation

"This book argues that ultimately human rights can be actualized, in two senses. By answering important challenges to them, the real-world relevance of human rights can be brought out; and people worldwide can be motivated as needed for realizing human rights. Taking a perspective from moral a...

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Main Author: Philips, Jos (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
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