This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them It argues that this is ultimately antagonistic to individual freedom. -- .


Format Inbunden Omfång 280 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Manchester University Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-04-27 ISBN 9781526131829