This article calls for a paradigm shift in the language, theory and practice of human rights: it
calls for human rights to be reconceptualized as sentient rights. It argues that human rights …

Human dignity: social movements invoke it, several national constitutions enshrine it, and it
features prominently in international human rights documents. But what is human dignity …

Do we have positive duties to help others in need or are our moral duties only negative,
focused on not harming them? Are any of the former positive duties, duties of justice that …

Early discussions of'climate justice'have been dominated by economists rather than political
philosophers. More recently, analytical liberal political philosophers have joined the debate …

This essay explores the relation between two perspectives on the nature of human rights.
According to the “political” or “practical” perspective, human rights are claims that individuals …

Many hold that the state has normative significance because its borders define the scope of
egalitarian principles of distributive justice. On this view egalitarian principles of distributive …

While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to
morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it …

One of the frequently stated goals of experiential learning programs in Canadian and
American universities is to foster the values, aptitudes, and abilities of global citizenship …

The world we live in is unjust. Preventable deprivation and suffering shape the lives of many
people, while others enjoy advantages and privileges aplenty. Cosmopolitan responsibility …

My aim in this paper is to address the question: What kind of political institutions should
there be? Should there be a system of states? Should there be global institutions? If there …