Cover--Title Page--Copyright--Contents--Preface--Introduction--Guide for the Reader--A
Note on Methodology--Part I. Foundations--1. Against Dignity--Desiderata--The Aristocratic …

Human need and related concepts such as basic needs have long been part of the implicit
conceptual foundation for social work theory, practice, and research. However, although the …

Abstract In 2016, the United Nation's General Assembly adopted a non‐binding resolution
regarding 'The Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet'. At the …

The human is a central reference point for human rights. But who or what is that human?
And given its long history of exclusiveness, when so many of those now recognised as …

" This book addresses two central questions: What does it mean to shift the epistemic centre
of human rights thinking and to decolonise global human rights? And, how to study …

Legitimate states have a general right to control their borders and decide who to admit as
future citizens. Such decisions, however, are constrained by principles of justice. But which …

The problem raised when democratic majorities take decisions that impose restrictions on
religious minorities may be avoided through 'the strategy of privatization', but not when the …

This book focuses on Kant's analysis of three issues crucial for contemporary politics.
Starting from a new reading of Kant's account of our innate right to freedom, it highlights how …

Freedom as non-domination provides a distinctive criterion for assessing the justifiability of
migration controls, different from both freedom of movement and autonomy. Migration …

This paper deals with the theory of needs as a possible justification of human rights. First, it
defines the concept of need, which differs from the concept of want. It states that need is, by …