rights, rights, and still more rights

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Tue Apr 2 00:35:17 PST 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: rights, rights, and still more rights


> Although I agree with everything else you say, Carrol, this is not true.
The
> three big moral theories that have currency in philosophy and political
> circles are nontheological: utilitarianism, Kantianism, and natural
rights.

Or teleological, deontological, and Aristotelian... Perhaps we need four categories. Natural rights doesn't seem to fit comfortably within any of the other three.

-- Luke


> And they don't face regress problem, except maybe for simple-minded
natural
> rights views.
>
> jks
>
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