Liberal Rights: Collected Papers, 1981-1991.

Abstract

1. Introduction: 'Liberal rights: two sides of the coin' 2. Theoretical foundations of liberalism 3. A right to do wrong 4. Locke, toleration and the rationality of persecution 5. Mill and the value of moral distress 6. Religion and the imagination in a global community: a discussion of the Salmon Rushdie affair 7. Legislation and moral neutrality 8. Particular values and critical morality 9. Rights in conflict 10. Welfare and the images of charity 11. John Rawls and the social minimum 12. Citizenship, social citizenship and the defence of welfare rights 13. Homelessness and the issue of liberty 14. Can communal goods be human rights? 15. When justice replaces affection: the need for rights 16. Rights and majorities: Rousseau revisited.