Henry Shue

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Henry Greyson Shue (born March 24, 1940) is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Politics and International Relations at Merton College of Oxford University. Previously he was Wyn and William Y Hutchinson Professor of Ethics & Public Life at Cornell University. Shue is best known for his book, Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy.{{cite journal |last1=Payne |first1=Michael |title=Henry Shue on Basic Rights |journal=Essays in Philosophy |date=June 2008 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=220–227 |doi=10.5840/eip2008923 |url=https://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1317&context=eip |accessdate=21 August 2018 |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210307/https://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1317&context=eip |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Kiper |first1=Jordan |title=Henry Shue on Basic Rights: A Defense |journal=Human Rights Review |date=2 April 2011 |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=505–514 |doi=10.1007/s12142-011-0197-8 |s2cid=144805723 |language=en |issn=1524-8879}}{{cite journal |last1=Wellman |first1=Carl |title=Review of Basic Rights |journal=Human Rights Quarterly |date=1981 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=144–147 |doi=10.2307/761904 |jstor=761904 |s2cid=219034937 }}{{cite journal |last1=Ashford |first1=Elizabeth |title=In What Sense Is the Right to Subsistence a Basic Right? |journal=Journal of Social Philosophy |date=December 2009 |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=488–503 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-9833.2009.01467.x |language=en |issn=0047-2786}}

Books

Basic Rights (Princeton 1980; 2nd edition, 1996) {{ISBN|9780691029290}}
Climate Justice: Vulnerability and Protection
Fighting Hurt: Rule and Exception in Torture and War
The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now. Princeton University Press, 2021. ({{ISBN|9780691220062}})

=Edited books=

Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification, co-edited with David Rodin, Oxford University Press, 2010, {{ISBN|9780199565993}}
Nuclear Deterrence and Moral Restraint: Critical Choices for American Strategy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
Climate Ethics: Essential Readings
The American Way of Bombing: Changing Ethical and Legal Norms, from Flying Fortresses to Drones
Just and Unjust Warriors: The Moral and Legal Status of Soldiers
Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy (co-edited with Ravi Kanbur). Oxford University Press, 2019.
The Border That Joins: Mexican Migrants & U. S. Responsibility (Maryland Studies in Public Philosophy)