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Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms
Brownlee rethinks human rights theory to reflect the fact that we are deeply social creatures. Our core social needs, for meaningful social inclusion, are more important than, and essential to, our civil, political, and economic needs. This grounds a right against social deprivation and a right to the resources to sustain other people.
| Author(s) | By Kimberley Brownlee (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 26 Jan 2023 |
| Availability | Available |
Brownlee rethinks human rights theory to reflect the fact that we are deeply social creatures. Our core social needs, for meaningful social inclusion, are more important than, and essential to, our civil, political, and economic needs. This grounds a right against social deprivation and a right to the resources to sustain other people.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Social Beings 2: Social Deprivation 3: Sustaining Others 4: Interactional Freedom 5: Dilemmas of Sociability 6: Associational Freedom 7: Moral Messiness 8: Segregation Notes Bibliography Index
Kimberley Brownlee is a Professor of Philosophy and holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Her current research focuses on sociability, social rights, loneliness, and freedom of a
