Friday, March 11, 2005
New book: "Personalism and the Foundation of Human Rights"
I received today in the mail the latest book by my friend Fr. Thomas D. Williams, L.C., "Who Is My Neighbor?: Personalism and the Foundation of Human Rights." The book -- according to the publisher! -- sets out an "original, compelling case for human rights as moral entitlements grounded in the dignity of the human person. . . . Williams sets forth in clear, vigorous prose the anthropological, philosophical, and theological bases for asserting that the human person must always be loved as an end and never used as a mere means." The book includes a detailed response to "critics of rights theory."
It seems to me that this book and its thesis are right up our (that is, MOJ's) alley. I would think that it would complement Michael Perry's recent work, "The Idea of Human Rights." Take a look.
Rick
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2005/03/new_book_person.html