The Changing Ethos of Human Rights (2021)

Hoda Mahmoudi, Alison Brysk, and Kate Seaman (Eds)

This book seeks to define the elusive, ever-shifting nature of human rights. In fact, it seeks to define what we mean when we are talking about human rights. The Changing Ethos of Human Rights shows that as humanity evolves, its conceptions of itself evolves in turn, and that the sense of what one owes – to oneself, to others – evolves as well. Sharing the story of human rights through historical, analytical, sociological, and political science lenses, the book shows how ideas around human rights are the major philosophical challenge of our day: what is the proper measure of my life, and to whom do I owe goodwill and protection.”