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1980 book by Henry Shue For the concept of basic right, see fundamental rights.
Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy
First edition
AuthorHenry Shue
SubjectHuman rights
Published1980; 2nd edition, 1996
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Pages256 pp.
ISBN9780691029290

Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy is a book by Henry Shue in which he examines the issue of human rights and its relation to U.S. foreign policy.

Reception

Thomas Pogge, Michael Payne, and Andrew Cohen criticized Shue's ideas on basic rights. Jordan Kiper provided a defense of Shue's arguments for basic rights.

References

  1. Wellman, Carl (1981). "Review of Basic Rights". Human Rights Quarterly. 3 (3): 144–147. doi:10.2307/761904. JSTOR 761904. S2CID 219034937.
  2. Ashford, Elizabeth (December 2009). "In What Sense Is the Right to Subsistence a Basic Right?". Journal of Social Philosophy. 40 (4): 488–503. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9833.2009.01467.x. ISSN 0047-2786.
  3. Kuflik, Arthur (January 1984). "Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy. Henry Shue". Ethics. 94 (2): 319–324. doi:10.1086/292535. ISSN 0014-1704.
  4. Frey, Barbara (January 2017). "Henry Shue, Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence and U.S. Foreign Policy, 2nd ed., (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996) pp ix+236". Business and Human Rights Journal. 2 (1): 189–194. doi:10.1017/bhj.2016.33. ISSN 2057-0198. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. Diebold, William (Summer 1981). "Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy". Foreign Affairs (Summer 1981). Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. Woodward, P. A. (2002). "Shue on Basic Rights". Social Theory and Practice. 28 (4): 637–665. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract200228428. JSTOR 23559098.
  7. Pogge, Thomas (2011). Beitz, Charles R; Goodin, Robert E (eds.). Shue on Rights and Duties. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199604388.001.0001. ISBN 9780191803567. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  8. Payne, Michael (June 2008). "Henry Shue on Basic Rights". Essays in Philosophy. 9 (2): 220–227. doi:10.5840/eip2008923. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. Cohen, Andrew I. (June 2004). "Must Rights Impose Enforceable Positive Duties?". Journal of Social Philosophy. 35 (2): 264–276. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9833.2004.00231.x. ISSN 0047-2786.
  10. Kiper, Jordan (2 April 2011). "Henry Shue on Basic Rights: A Defense". Human Rights Review. 12 (4): 505–514. doi:10.1007/s12142-011-0197-8. ISSN 1524-8879. S2CID 144805723.

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