The Ethics of Human Rights by Esther Reed

The Ethics of Human Rights by Esther Reed

In The Ethics of Human Rights, Esther Reed constructs a Christian theology of ""right,"" ""rights"" and ""natural rights"" and does so in constant awareness of and conversation with the public and political implications of such a theology. Reed's use of Genesis 9:1-17, God's covenant with Noah, enables her critical Christian engagement with issue of right and her application of this Christian theology of rights to the contemporary moral dilemmas of animal rights, the environment, and democracy.

Esther Reed brings together her reading of the Bible and her reading of the contemporary world to make the case that the Protestant churches should give their wholehearted support to the human rights movementAt the same time, she warns against the hi-jacking of the human rights agenda by the wealthy and the powerful. This is a powerfully argued, creative and persuasive book. --Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey and Adjunct Professor of Theology and Public Life at Liverpool Hope University
Reed's text makes a significant contribution to the theological discussion regarding theology, theological ethics, and human rights. -- Nancy J. Duff, Princeton Theological Seminary -- Studies in Christian Ethics

Esther D. Reed is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Exeter, and the author of The Future of Christian Social Ethics (2004), The Genesis of Ethics (2002), and Theological Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1996).

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ISBN 13	9781932792973
ISBN 10	193279297X
Title	The Ethics of Human Rights
Author	Esther Reed
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Baylor University Press
Year published	2007-09-30
Number of pages	225
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