Nicholas Wolterstorff, Justice: Rights and Wrongs

This response to Justice, Rights and Wrongs argues that Wolterstorff’s defence of rights attaching to human subjects withstands Oliver O’Donovan’s critique; that the concept of multiple rights is compatible with the affirmation of a larger moral order; that there is a problem with rights thought to...

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Main Author: Biggar, Nigel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2010
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 130-137
Further subjects:B Rights
B human worth
B Eudaimonism
B Love
B Retribution
B Oliver O’Donovan
B Moral Order
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Summary:This response to Justice, Rights and Wrongs argues that Wolterstorff’s defence of rights attaching to human subjects withstands Oliver O’Donovan’s critique; that the concept of multiple rights is compatible with the affirmation of a larger moral order; that there is a problem with rights thought to be determined in advance of moral deliberation; that love should not only recognize rights (with Wolterstorff) but should react to their violation with retribution (against Wolterstorff); that a biblical and theological case can be made for a Christian form of eudaimonism; and that Wolterstorff ’s attempt to ground human worth in the love of God rather than in some capacity or other does not work.
ISSN:0953-9468
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946809359463