Human Rights

"Should be included in supplemental classroom reading assignments for any high school or college-level scholar of world issues." - The Midwest Book Review. "A fine collection of thoughts on human rights." - The Book Reader. A concise but comprehensive overview of human rights. What are human rights? And should we have them? Are all human rights tied together by a common theme? Can one right be eliminated without weakening all the others? When two human rights appear to be in conflict must we sacrifice one for the other? What is the relationship of human rights to morality? Can we be moral without human rights? Can we have human rights without morality? What is the relationship of human rights to democracy? How do human rights define the most important function of democracy? When should we oppose war? When should we not? When is vigilantism ever justified? Or revolution?Zeltmann, Walter F. is the author of 'Human Rights' with ISBN 9780962270536 and ISBN 0962270539.