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Kieran Cronin aims in this book to show how a Christian perspective may have something fruitful to contribute to the language of rights. In so doing, he examines some of the complexities involved in using this language, drawing from literature in moral philosophy and jurisprudence in the process. The novelty of his approach lies in the attempt to distinguish two complementary aspects within metaethics, aspects which the author calls the 'discursive' and the 'imaginative'. Cronin regards the use of models (which are extended metaphors) as providing a bridge between these two aspects, and the imaginative metaethics which emerges is seen to be rich in possibilities for both secular and Christian understandings of rights-talk.

Human rights --- Christian moral theology --- 241.3 --- Theologische ethiek: recht en wet --- 241.3 Theologische ethiek: recht en wet --- Christian ethics --- 342.7 --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Ethical theology --- Moral theology --- Theology, Ethical --- Theology, Moral --- Christian life --- Christian philosophy --- Religious ethics --- 342.7 Grondwettelijke rechten en vrijheden. Fundamentele rechten --- Grondwettelijke rechten en vrijheden. Fundamentele rechten --- Law and legislation --- Christian ethics. --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Human rights.