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Rights Talk The Impoverishment of Political Discourse

Mary Ann Glendon

Argues that the strident language of rights that has been on the rise since World War II has stifled genuine debate, negotiation, and compromise and ultimately threatens the same liberties it seeks to protect

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was mentioned as an older 1990s book that diagnoses the same problems Greene describes, offering a conservative perspective on rights.

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One is a book called Rights Talk, which is an older book from the 1990s by Mary Ann Glendon, which diagnoses some of the same problems that I diagnosed in how rights went wrong.

— Episode: The Supreme Court Went Off the Rails Lon...

Episode: The Supreme Court Went Off the Rails Long Before D...

It was mentioned as an older 1990s book that diagnoses the same problems Greene describes, offering a conservative perspective on rights.

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One is a book called Rights Talk, which is an older book from the 1990s by Mary Ann Glendon, which diagnoses some of the same problems that I diagnosed in how rights went wrong.

Episode: Sex, Abortion and Feminism, as Seen From the Right

Glendon's book was highlighted as an evenhanded critique of libertarian philosophy and a call to protect the vulnerable and the common good.

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Marian Glendon... her book Rights Talk was incredibly influential for those who don't know her.

Episode: Let’s Talk About How Truly Bizarre Our Supreme Cou...

Glendon's 1990s book diagnosed similar problems to Greene's but from a conservative perspective, showing that both sides can agree on the flaws in how rights are handled.

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One is a book called Rights Talk, which is an older book from the 1990s by Mary Ann Glendon, which diagnoses some of the same problems that I diagnosed in how rights went wrong, but she's a conservative.

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