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Rachel Bayefsky

Dignity, Honor, and Human Rights: Kant’s Perspective

Rachel Bayefsky
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Political Theory
Date
2013
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Rachel Bayefsky, Dignity, Honor, and Human Rights: Kant’s Perspective, 41 Political Theory 809–837 (2013).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Rachel Bayefsky
Program in Constitutional Law
Center for the Study of Race and Law
Center for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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