I Review One of the Late William Talbott's Books on Human Rights

 

The book I have most recently reviewed for 3:16 AM Magazine, is Which Rights Should be Universal, by William J. ("Bill") Talbott. It's a very solid book, and for me was also quite educational. Most importantly, it's both a work that I think is worth careful study by anybody interested in political philosophy yet not something that is unapproachable by non-scholars.

Only after I sent off my review to my editor did I come to find out that Bill had died in May of last year, after a four year battle with cancer. In addition to being an excellent philosopher, he was a celebrated teacher and beloved family man. Like me, Bill fathered two precious daughters. I learn from his obit that he was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war. He didn't luck out with a high lottery number like I did. And he made no bogus claim of bonespurs like a certain Presidential candidate. In return for his courage and honesty, Bill was forced to provide two years of non-military service. 

When he passed, he was only 74 years old. Seems to have been an absolutely beautiful man.

Here is my review of his fine book. It's the only one of them that I've read, but I have little doubt that the others are good too.