Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1. Why there is a problem -- 2. Forms of skepticism -- 3. Approach -- Chapter 2 The Practice -- 4. Origins -- 5. Doctrine -- 6. Implementation -- 7. An emergent practice -- 8. Problems -- Chapter 3 Naturalistic Theories -- 9. Naturalism about human rights -- 10. Persons "as such" (1): the demand side -- 11. Persons "as such" (2): the supply side -- Chapter 4 Agreement Theories -- 12. "Common core" and "overlapping consensus" -- 13. The appeal of agreement conceptions -- 14. Progressive convergence -- Chapter 5 A Fresh Start -- 15. Human rights in The Law of Peoples -- 16. The idea of a practical conception -- 17. A two-level model -- 18. "Manifesto rights" -- 19. The role of states -- Chapter 6 Normativity -- 20. What human rights are for -- 21. A schema -- 22. Minimalism and social justice -- 23. Toleration (1): the domestic analogy -- 24. Toleration (2): the autonomy of peoples -- Chapter 7 International Concern -- 25. Anti-poverty rights -- 26. Political rights -- 27. Human rights of women -- Chapter 8 Conclusion -- 28. Residues of skepticism -- 29. Pathologies -- 30. Human rights and global normative order -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.