Ignatieff, Michael <br/><br/>
Human rights as politics and idolatry / 
Michael Ignatieff ; edited and introduced by Amy Gutmann. 
 - Oxfordshire:  Princeton University Press,  2001 
 - axxviii, 187 pages ;  22 cm 
 - University Center for Human Values series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Amy Gutmann -- Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff -- Grounding human rights / K. Anthony Appiah -- Debates with the PTA and others / David A. Hollinger -- the moral imagination and human rights / Thomas W. Laqueur -- Relativism and religion / Diane F. Orentlicher -- Dignity and agency / Michael Ignatieff. 
<br/><br/> "Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Based on the Tanner Lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2000, the book includes two chapters by Ignatieff, an introduction by Amy Gutmann, comments by four leading scholars -- K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher -- and a response by Ignatieff. Book jacket."--Jacket. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691114749 9780691088938 (alk. paper) 9780691114743 0691088934 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights.<br/>Political science--Philosophy.<br/>World politics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Nhân quyền Khoa học chính trị Chính trị thế giới Triết học 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC571  / .I39 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323  / IGN 2001