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This excellent book opens a new chapter in moral philosophy: what we owe each other as social beings vulnerable to loneliness. * James W. Nickel, Emeritus Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Miami * In this insightful and inspiring book, Kimberley Brownlee develops a nuanced appreciation of sociability as a fundamental human value. Arguing against unlimited liberal associative freedom, Brownlee's engaging analysis uncovers the neglected rights and duties generated by the importance of our need for social connection. This is essential, eye-opening reading for anyone working in human rights theory, moral or legal philosophy. * Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling *

Being Sure of Each Other is an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the content and scope of our social rights and freedoms precisely because it allows us to raise these questions and provides a framework for addressing them. * Enrico Biale, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice * In this insightful and inspiring book, Kimberley Brownlee develops a nuanced appreciation of sociability as a fundamental human value. Arguing against unlimited liberal associative freedom, Brownlee's engaging analysis uncovers the neglected rights and duties generated by the importance of our need for social connection. This is essential, eye-opening reading for anyone working in human rights theory, moral or legal philosophy. * Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling * This excellent book opens a new chapter in moral philosophy: what we owe each other as social beings vulnerable to loneliness. * James W. Nickel, Emeritus Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Miami *

At the heart of this book then is a simple plea - that we open our eyes to what is most basic, in many ways what is most challenging, but also most meaningful, about being human: our need for other humans. * David Jenkins, Law and Philosophy * Being Sure of Each Other is an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the content and scope of our social rights and freedoms precisely because it allows us to raise these questions and provides a framework for addressing them. * Enrico Biale, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice * In this insightful and inspiring book, Kimberley Brownlee develops a nuanced appreciation of sociability as a fundamental human value. Arguing against unlimited liberal associative freedom, Brownlee's engaging analysis uncovers the neglected rights and duties generated by the importance of our need for social connection. This is essential, eye-opening reading for anyone working in human rights theory, moral or legal philosophy. * Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling * This excellent book opens a new chapter in moral philosophy: what we owe each other as social beings vulnerable to loneliness. * James W. Nickel, Emeritus Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Miami * Kimberley Brownlee's Being Sure of Each Other is an impressively creative, deeply thoughtful, and ground-breaking book on the nature of social rights. * Cheshire Calhoun, Criminal Law and Philosophy *

In this insightful and inspiring book, Kimberley Brownlee develops a nuanced appreciation of sociability as a fundamental human value. Arguing against unlimited liberal associative freedom, Brownlee's engaging analysis uncovers the neglected rights and duties generated by the importance of our need for social connection. This is essential, eye-opening reading for anyone working in human rights theory, moral or legal philosophy. * Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling * This excellent book opens a new chapter in moral philosophy: what we owe each other as social beings vulnerable to loneliness. * James W. Nickel, Emeritus Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Miami *

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Kimberley Brownlee is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Her current research focuses on sociability, social rights, loneliness, and freedom of association. She is the author of Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms (Oxford 2020), Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience (Oxford 2012), co-editor of Disability and Disadvantage (Oxford 2009, with Adam Cureton), and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Applied Philosophy (Wiley 2016, with David Coady and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen).

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