TY - BOOK AU - Butler,Clark TI - Human rights ethics: a rational approach T2 - Purdue human rights studies series SN - 978-1-55753-480-4 U1 - 172.2 21E PY - 2008/// CY - West Lafayette PB - Purdue University Press KW - Human rights KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Bibliogr. p. 279-284; Foreword / by Steven V. Hicks -- Preface -- Equal human rights -- Natural rights, human rights -- Natural law-based human rights theories -- Procedural human rights theories -- Habermas's procedural justification of human rights -- Human rights in the open society -- A dialectical justification of human rights -- The ethics of respect for human rights -- The standard of dialogical rationality -- Human rights ethics vs. the classical normative theories -- Getting around the conflict of rights -- The right to freedom of thought and its internationally declared conditions -- The United Nations Universal Declaration -- World governance, world government ER -