{"title":"Judith Jarvis Thomson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith Jarvis Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound insights into ethical theory and moral philosophy, exploring complex questions about rights, justice, and personal identity. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Realm of Rights\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhose Body?\u003c\/em\u003e, challenge readers to reconsider fundamental assumptions about responsibility and the limits of individual freedoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in rigorous argumentation, Thomson’s philosophy engages with contemporary dilemmas and timeless questions, making her writings essential for anyone drawn to the intersections of philosophy, ethics, and human psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"whose-body-by-judith-jarvis-thomson-9781967751488","title":"Whose Body?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith philosophical nerve and unforgettable thought experiments, Judith Jarvis Thomson's \"A Defense of Abortion\" transformed the moral debate on reproductive rights. First published in 1971, it became a cornerstone of modern moral philosophy, widely taught, fiercely debated, and endlessly cited. Few essays have so deeply shaped public discourse-or made abstract reasoning feel so urgently and disarmingly human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074555494636,"sku":"9781967751488","price":14.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/345d74af1e392acb0584b877dbe1e01c.jpg?v=1765176724"},{"product_id":"the-realm-of-rights-by-judith-jarvis-thomson-9780674749498","title":"The Realm of Rights","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concept of a right is fundamental to moral, political, and legal thinking, but much of the use of that concept is selective and fragmentary. It is common merely to appeal to this or that intuitively plausible attribution of rights as needed for purposes of argument. In \u003cem\u003eThe Realm of Rights\u003c\/em\u003e, Judith Thomson provides a full-scale, systematic theory of human and social rights, bringing out what in general makes an attribution of a right true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThomson says that the question of what it is to have a right precedes the question of which rights we have. She therefore begins by asking why our having rights is a morally significant fact about us. She argues that a person's having a right is reducible to a complex moral constraint: central to that constraint is that, other things being equal, the right ought to be accorded. Thomson asks what those other things are that may or may not be equal and describes the tradeoffs that relieve us of the requirement to accord a right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur rights fall into two classes: those we have by virtue of being human beings and those we have by virtue of private interactions and law. Thomson argues that the first class includes rights that others not kill or harm us, but does not include rights that others meet our needs. The second class includes rights that issue from promises and consent, and Thomson shows how they are generated; she also argues that property rights issue only from a legitimate legal system, so that the second class includes them as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Realm of Rights\u003c\/em\u003e will take its place as a major effort to provide a stable foundation for our deeply held belief that we are not mere cogs in a communal machine but are instead individuals whose private interests are entitled to respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48145171611884,"sku":"9780674749498","price":104.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674749498-the-realm-of-rights.jpg?v=1786397425"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/judith-jarvis-thomson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}