Table of Contents
Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Introduction
1 Why there is a problem 1
2 Forms of skepticism 3
3 Approach 7
Chapter 2 The Practice
4 Origins 14
5 Doctrine 27
6 Implementation 31
7 An emergent practice 42
8 Problems 44
Chapter 3 Naturalistic Theories
9 Naturalism about human rights 49
10 Persons "as such" (1): the demand side 59
11 Persons "as such" (2): the supply side 68
Chapter 4 Agreement Theories
12 "Common core" and "overlapping consensus" 74
13 The appeal of agreement conceptions 77
14 Progressive convergence 88
Chapter 5 A Fresh Start
15 Human rights in The Law of Peoples 96
16 The idea of a practical conception 102
17 A two-level model 106
18 "Manifesto rights" 117
19 The role of states 122
Chapter 6 Normativity
20 What human rights are for 128
21 A schema 136
22 Minimalism and social justice 141
23 Toleration (1): the domestic analogy 144
24 Toleration (2): the autonomy of peoples 152
Chapter 7 International Concern
25 Anti-poverty rights 161
26 Political rights 174
27 Human rights of women 186
Chapter 8 Conclusion
28 Residues of skepticism 198
29 Pathologies 201
30 Human rights and global normative order 209
Works Cited 213
Index 227
