Description: Morsink asserts that all people have human rights simply by virtue of being born into the human family and that we can know these rights without the aid of experts. He shows how the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights grew out of Enlightenment principles honed by a shared revulsion at the horrors of the Holocaust.
Review Quotes: "[Inherent Human Rights] continues the project of putting political philosophy to work in the service of human rights. . . . Like all of Morsink's work, this book is thoughtful and carefully researched; his ability to develop difficult ideas both broadly and deeply is the book's most obvious virtue."-- "Perspectives on Politics"