Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.

Part one: Rights in the crosshairs -- Defining human rights -- Some needed nuances -- The church and human rights -- Part two: The case against rights -- The accusation of nonexistence -- The accusation of inseparability -- The accusation of innovation -- Part three: A new solution to an old problem : thomistic personalism -- A personalism primer -- The person according to personalism -- Dignity and its due -- The two loves -- From love to human rights -- Christ and human dignity -- Part four: Human rights and classical ethics -- Natural law -- Natural justice -- Natural rights in classical theory -- Part five: Towards an ethics of solidarity -- Who is my neighbor?