Hitler / Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet - Franz Redlich
Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
KORTE INHOUD
The most dramatic change in American society in the last forty years has been the explosive growth of personal rights, a veritable "rights revolution" that is perceived by both conservatives and liberals as a threat to traditional values and our sense of community. Is it possible that our pursuit of personal rights is driving our country toward moral collapse? In The rights revolution, Samuel Walker answers this question with an emphatic no. The "rights revolution," says Walker, is the embodiment of the American ideals of morality and community. He argues that the critics of personal rights from conservatives such as Robert Bork to liberals such as Michael Sandel often forget the blatant injustices perpetrated against minorities such as women, homosexuals, African-Americans, and mentally handicapped citizens before the civil rights movement. They attack "identity politics" policies such as affirmative action, but fail to offer any reasonable solution to the dilemma of how to overcome exclusion in a society wi...
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1999Uitgever: Oxford University Press466 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0195057821ISBN-13: 9780195057829Koop dit boek tweedehands
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1999, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy / goed exemplaar [Auteur: Franz Redlich] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: Hitler / Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet]
