Siegfried Van Duffel

University of Helsinki

Post-doctoral Fellow
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Expertise

Political Philosophy
Ethics
Legal Theory
Cultural Differences

Courses/Seminars

Introduction to ethics
Consequentialism and egalitarianism
Freedom and responsibility
Seminars on Korsgaard’s The Sources of Normativity
Comparative science of religion
Close-reading seminars on Edward Said Orientalism
Tutorials on cultural relativism
Training sessions in mind-mapping
Post-colonial studies
Close-reading seminars on Balagangadhara, S.N. "The Heathen in His Blindness"

Ockham's Theory of Natural Rights

Siegfried Van Duffel, University of Helsinki
Jonathan Robinson, University of Toronto

Abstract

Ockham's theory may well be the most influential medieval predecessor of contemporary theories of human rights. We suggest that it was also in a better condition than its descendants.

Suggested Citation

Siegfried Van Duffel and Jonathan Robinson. "Ockham's Theory of Natural Rights" (forthcoming) (2010).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/siegfried/11

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