Contemporary Moral Problems

Book Review Chapter 1: Ethical Theories:

Joel Feinberg: The Nature and Value of Rights

Library Reference: N/A

Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Moral-Problems-James-White/dp/0534584306/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233793391&sr=8-1

Quote:  “"Doctrine of the logical correlativity of rights and duties"”

            I choose this statement because I think this is like the doctrine of all duties that is involves the others people right and attitude. This will connect to the all rights that is involves on the others people duties. Meaning they are connected to each other with return they will get each other benefits because they are linked together this may result a better understanding on rights and duties for every people in the world that they think duties is not important thing.

Learning Expectation:

·         I want to know who the author of the book is.

·         I want to know what is the meaning of value rights

·         I want to know what the connection of nature and rights is.

·         If this theories are applicable in our present day.

·         I want to know if this topic is related to the human behavior which gives a better understanding in life.

Review:

            To start my review let discuss first a brief introduction about the author of the book. The author is Joel Feinberg he is a professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona. As a philosopher he make different book in philosophy including Doing and Deserving, Social Philosophy, the moral Limits of the criminal law and freedom and fulfillment.

            He is a philosopher who wants to share and demonstrate that the rights are morally important to person. He has undergo in different scenario which he imagines that a world like people do not have rights. And the result of this is people who do not have rights are people who cannot make any moral claims. And deprive of self respect and human dignity.

            To begin this chapter focus on how the doctrine of the logical correlativity rights and duties are connected, and this doctrine will explain and elaborate according to the connection of human duties for themselves.

What I’ve learned:

·         I learned who is the author of the book

·         I learned what is rights and its value

·         I learned the connection of duties to the people with rights.

·         That this study is happening now in present day.

·         I learned that in order for you to have a great thing in life you should deserve on what you want.

Questions:

1.    Is it good if you get special or valuable even if you don’t deserve it?

2.    All around the people know what is the meaning of Value of rights?

3.    Do you think majority of the community agree with on this topic?

4.    Who is the author of the book?

5.    What is the meaning of Value of Rights?

Citation: (James E. White, St. Cloud State University, 2003)