To my surprise I see I'm quoted in a new book by Dr Hugh V McLachlan of the School of Law and Social Sciences in Glasgow Caledonian University that looks interesting.

The book beats up the popular leftist notion that 'social justice' is the keystone of public policy. It's not, says McLachlan, a reliable basis for policy formation at all. There is more to politics than ethics, and more to ethics than justice - 'social' or otherwise.

Similarly, in line with the views of Maurice Cranston perhaps, the book says that although the term 'human rights' is rhetorically forceful, its real substance is a lot shakier than those using it suppose. Since they don't entail performable duties of actual people, states or other agencies, many so-called 'human rights' are not significant rights of any sort.