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- ISBN 9780791430620
- Weight: 408g
- Publication Date: 12 Aug 1996
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Examines the evolution of collective human rights in international relations and argues that the concept of human rights must integrate group rights based on race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality.
Taking Suffering Seriously examines the evolution and development of the concept of collective human rights in international relations. Focusing on the tension between the rights of the individual member of society and the collective rights of certain groups, Felice argues that the protection of human dignity requires an expansion of our understanding of human rights to include those collective group rights often violated by state and global structures. He advocates a third way, between liberalism and Marxism, to move toward a world in which decision-making is based on norms of meeting basic human needs and true equality.
William F. Felice is Assistant Professor, International Relations and Global Affairs, Eckerd College.
