Visa Kurki, ‘The Interest Theory of Rights: Still Standing’

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ABSTRACT
In two recent papers, Mark McBride has attacked the interest theory of rights, both introducing new arguments and claiming that interest theorists have not successfully deflected Gopal Sreenivasan’s earlier arguments. This essay replies to all of McBride’s criticisms, showing them to be mistaken.

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Visa AJ Kurki, The Interest Theory of Rights: Still Standing, Legal Theory, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352325221000203. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 November 2021.

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