In the latest episode of Reading Our Times Nick Spencer speaks to Nigel Biggar about his new book. 17/11/2020
The concept of ‘rights’ tends to provoke a strong response from people today: some hold them in quasi–religious esteem, while others consider them responsible for selfish individualism and social fragmentation.
Nick Spencer talks to Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, about his new book What’s wrong with rights?, which takes a critical look at the language, logic and implementation of rights today.
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What’s wrong with rights? by Nigel Biggar
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