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A Philosophical Argument for a Bill of Rights
- Abstract:
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This article seeks to show that the rights which protect people's autonomy should be entrenched in the constitution of a democratic state. It is firmly located in egalitarian liberal tradition, as it takes for valid the following claims: (1) people have a fundamental interest in autonomy; (2) people have rights that their interest in autonomy, and the interests to which it gives rise, be protected and promoted; (3) people's respective interests in autonomy must be protected equally. The argum...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of Political Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 77-98
- Publication date:
- 2000-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-2112
- ISSN:
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0007-1234
- Source identifiers:
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191756
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pubs:191756
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uuid:4fb14d09-c726-4958-bb05-48fe5e8a5109
- Local pid:
- pubs:191756
- Deposit date:
- 2017-02-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2000
- Notes:
- © 2000 Cambridge University Press
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