Author : Matthew H. Kramer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198891245
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Book Synopsis Rights and Right-Holding by : Matthew H. Kramer
Download or read book Rights and Right-Holding written by Matthew H. Kramer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on many years of scholarship, Matthew H. Kramer sets out his definitive philosophical investigation of rights and rights-holding with this monograph, as he sometimes revisits and modifies his previous positions. Beginning with the analytical schema propounded by the American legal theorist Wesley Hohfeld, the book provides a defence of the proposition that every claim-right with a certain content is correlative to at least one duty with the same content, and that every duty with a certain content is correlative to at least one claim-right with the same content. The volume then addresses the longstanding debates over the nature of right-holding, with a sustained defense of the Interest Theory and with some innovative critiques of the Will Theory. Finally, it considers the ethical and analytical questions involved in determining who can hold claim-rights at all. It argues that the beings capable of holding claim-rights include not only human adults of sound mind, but also all other living human beings, many dead people, and all future generations of people, along with most non-human animals. Addressing some major topics within moral, legal, and political philosophy, Rights and Right-Holding: A Philosophical Investigation will be a key work for philosophers and academic lawyers alike.