But to do right . . . Why the language of 'rights' does not do justice to justice

The essay critically engages Woltertorff's account of justice by challenging the political status of its archeological defence of rights language, its prioritizing of 'primary' and therefore 'procedural' justice, its suggestion to think of rights as 'social bonds'...

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Main Author: Wannenwetsch, B
Other Authors: Society for the Study of Christian Ethics
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2010
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description The essay critically engages Woltertorff's account of justice by challenging the political status of its archeological defence of rights language, its prioritizing of 'primary' and therefore 'procedural' justice, its suggestion to think of rights as 'social bonds' and the validity of subjecting God and world under one and the same concept of 'worth'.
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But to do right . . . Why the language of 'rights' does not do justice to justice
title But to do right . . . Why the language of 'rights' does not do justice to justice
title_full But to do right . . . Why the language of 'rights' does not do justice to justice
title_fullStr But to do right . . . Why the language of 'rights' does not do justice to justice
title_full_unstemmed But to do right . . . Why the language of 'rights' does not do justice to justice
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title_sort but to do right why the language of rights does not do justice to justice
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Theology and Religion
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