The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted to explore exactly how human rights should be understood in a Kantian framework. The scholars in this book have gathered to fill this gap.

Foreword; Thomas Pogge. 1. Kantian Theory and Human Rights; Andreas Follesdal and Reidar Maliks. 2. Kantian Underpinnings for a Theory of Multirights; Howard Williams 3. Kant's Juridical Idea of Human Rights; Ariel Zylberman 4. Human Rights Jurisprudence Seen Through the Framework of Kant's Legal Metaphors; Sofie Møller. 5. A Kantian Defense of the Right to Health Care; Luke J. Davies 6. Human Rights Duties are Collective Duties of Justice; Özlem Ayse Özgür. 7. The Democratic Paradox of International Human Rights Courts: A Kantian Solution?; Svenja Ahlhaus. 8. Extraordinary Politics and the Democratic Legitimacy of International Human Rights Courts; Markus Patberg. 9. Kantian Courts: On the Legitimacy of International Human Rights Courts; Reidar Maliks. 10. Why Kant is not a Democratic Peace Theorist; Aviva Shiller. 11. Kant, Human Rights, and Courts; Andreas Follesdal.