Williams, Thomas D., LC.

Who is my neighbor? personalism and the foundations of human rights / [electronic resource] : Thomas D. Williams. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2005. - xvi, 342 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.

Part one: Rights in the crosshairs -- Defining human rights -- Some needed nuances -- The church and human rights -- Part two: The case against rights -- The accusation of nonexistence -- The accusation of inseparability -- The accusation of innovation -- Part three: A new solution to an old problem : thomistic personalism -- A personalism primer -- The person according to personalism -- Dignity and its due -- The two loves -- From love to human rights -- Christ and human dignity -- Part four: Human rights and classical ethics -- Natural law -- Natural justice -- Natural rights in classical theory -- Part five: Towards an ethics of solidarity -- Who is my neighbor?


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Natural law--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Human rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Neo-Scholasticism.
Personalism.


Electronic books.

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