[Rezension von: Witte, John, 1959-, The Blessings of Liberty : Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition]
This review essay registers sincere appreciation for John Witte’s singular contribution to defending the importance of the history and interpretation of rights in the Western tradition, especially as related to Christian thought and practice. It also proposes to amend and refine his approach by high...
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| 格式: | 电子 Review |
| 语言: | English |
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2023
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2023, 卷: 38, 发布: 1, Pages: 141-157 |
| Review of: | The blessings of liberty (Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022) (Little, David)
The blessings of liberty (Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022) (Little, David) The blessings of liberty (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022) (Little, David) |
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subjective rights
B 书评 B natural and positive rights B natural and supernatural justifications of rights B history of rights in Western Christianity |
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| 总结: | This review essay registers sincere appreciation for John Witte’s singular contribution to defending the importance of the history and interpretation of rights in the Western tradition, especially as related to Christian thought and practice. It also proposes to amend and refine his approach by highlighting the difference between natural and religious justifications of rights, and by suggesting reasons for favoring the former. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2022.53 |