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May 17, 2026Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence0 citationsOpen Access

Bewilderment in the Philosophy of Rights: A Reply to Ewers

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MKMatthew H. KramerUniversity of Cambridge

Key Points

  • This response aims to clarify and defend my philosophical view on claim-rights against Ewers's critiques.
  • Engagement with Ewers's critique presented in a philosophical journal.
  • Defense against misrepresentations found in Ewers’s article.
  • Clarified my philosophical perspective on claim-rights.
  • Countered specific arguments made by Ewers regarding misunderstandings.

Abstract

Abstract Simon Franz Ewers, in the pages of this journal, has recently undertaken a critique of my philosophical account of the holding of claim-rights. In this short response to Ewers, I defend that account against some significant misrepresentations or misapprehensions in Ewers’s article.

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Matthew H. Kramer (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a095c6d7880e6d24efe2853https://doi.org/10.1017/cjlj.2026.10066
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