The Myth of Universal Human Rights by Stamos, David N. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1: Introduction

Problem, Audience, and Myth Chapter Summaries Conceptual Errors and Fallacies

Chapter 2: Evolution and Universal Human Rights

The Theological Foundation of Universal Human Rights The Foundation in Human Nature Taking Evolution Seriously

Chapter 3: Scholarly Defenses of Universal Human Rights

Alan White Jack Donnelly Charles Beitz Jack Mahoney Alan Gewirth James Griffin Martha Nussbaum

Chapter 4: Getting the History of Human Rights Wrong

The Bible Confucius, Cyrus, and the Koran Ancient Greeks Ancient Romans Medieval Scholars Grotius, Hobbes, and Pufendorf

Chapter 5: Getting the History of Human Rights Right

The English Levellers Locke Jefferson to the Present

Chapter 6: Explaining the Human Rights Epidemic

Memetics The Democracy Connection Competing Explanations Inference to the Best Explanation Resistance to the Human Rights Epidemic Evolutionary Psychology and Fairness

Chapter 7: Evolution, Ethics, and Justice

Bentham and MacIntyre The Elephant and the Blind Indians Naturalized Normative Ethics Naturalia Abortion, Affirmative Action, Same-Sex Marriage, the Treatment of Animals, Waterboarding, and Political Regime Change Conclusion

References Index About the Author

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