Book contents
- Thomas Paine and the Idea of Human Rights
- Thomas Paine and the Idea of Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on texts
- Introduction
- 1 Paine as political philosopher: interpretation and understanding
- 2 Political obligation, human rights and the moral universe
- 3 Rights of democratic inclusion and the virtues of citizenship
- 4 Private property, the natural inheritance and rights to welfare
- 5 Cosmopolitanism and the rights of nations
- 6 Religion, creation and liberalism
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Political obligation, human rights and the moral universe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Thomas Paine and the Idea of Human Rights
- Thomas Paine and the Idea of Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on texts
- Introduction
- 1 Paine as political philosopher: interpretation and understanding
- 2 Political obligation, human rights and the moral universe
- 3 Rights of democratic inclusion and the virtues of citizenship
- 4 Private property, the natural inheritance and rights to welfare
- 5 Cosmopolitanism and the rights of nations
- 6 Religion, creation and liberalism
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Thomas Paine and the Idea of Human Rights , pp. 25 - 73Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015