Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights

This paper argues that there is a strong role for empirical analysis to be used to address fundamental normative questions. Using human rights as an example, the article shows that the evolution of the international regime of human rights provides a standard against which country level performance c...

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Main Author: Landman, Todd
Format: Article
Published: John Hopkins University Press 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33997/