Rights from wrongs : a secular theory of the origins of rights / Alan Dershowitz.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : where do rights come from?
- 1. What are rights?
- 2. Is God the source of rights?
- 3. Is nature the source of rights?
- 4. Are there other "external" sources of rights?
- 5. Do constitutional democracies really need an external theory of rights?
- 6. Do we need to invent an external source of rights - even if it does not really exist?
- 7. Is natural law a helpful or harmful fiction?
- 8. What, then, is the source of rights?
- 9. Is there always a right answer?
- 10. If rights do not come from God or nature, how are they different from mere preferences?
- 11. Does the experiential approach confuse philosophy with sociology?
- 12. Can rights produce wrongs?
- 13. Is the debate over external sources of rights a liberal-conservative issue?
- 14. Can experiential rights check the abuses of majority rule?
- 15. Is there a right "to life"?
- 16. Is there a right not to be censored by government?
- 17. Is there a right to have church and state separated?
- 18. Is there a right to emigrate and/or immigrate?
- 19. Do animals have rights?
- 20. Do dead people have rights in their organs?
- Conclusion : the future of rights.
