Bibliograph

The most human right, why free speech is everything, Eric Heinze

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The most human right, why free speech is everything, Eric Heinze

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-177) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The most human right

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1243032312

Responsibility statement

Eric Heinze

Sub title

why free speech is everything

Summary

"Eric Heinze explains why global human rights systems have failed. International organizations constantly report on how governments manage human goods, such as fair trials, humane conditions of detention, healthcare, or housing. But to appease autocratic regimes, experts have ignored the primacy of free speech. Heinze argues that goods become rights only when citizens can claim them publicly and fearlessly: free speech is the fundamental right, without which the very concept of a 'right' makes no sense. Heinze argues that throughout history countless systems of justice have promised human goods. What, then, makes human rights different? What must human rights have that other systems have lacked? Heinze revisits the origins of the concept, exploring what it means for a nation to protect human rights, and what a citizen needs in order to pursue them. He explains how free speech distinguishes human rights from other ideas about justice, past and present"--, Provided by the publisher

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