One thing that I don’t like about some human rights approaches is that they rest on the notion of negative liberties. Some people take it that rights they have secured from the state means the...

[The capability theory avoids such pitfalls because it insists that quality of life must take into account such incommensurable factors as access to education, quality of personal relationships, political freedom, etc.] The right question to...

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Radical Evil in the Lockean State: The Neglect of Political Emotions.