International Human Rights: Universalism Versus RelativismThe universality of international human rights has been an enduring issue. This volume argues that the positions of universalists and cultural relativists are not diametrically opposed and that it is possible to demonstrate, empirically and cross-culturally, the existence of worldwide human rights. This anthropological look at a long-standing legal and philosophical issue will be of value to scholars and human rights activists alike. |
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A CROSS - CULTURAL APPROACH FOR VALIDATING HUMAN RIGHTS Since I do not believe that any existing approaches can effectively validate international human rights , I propose a new method for doing so . Only I through cross - cultural ...
A CROSS - CULTURAL APPROACH FOR VALIDATING HUMAN RIGHTS Since I do not believe that any existing approaches can effectively validate international human rights , I propose a new method for doing so . Only I through cross - cultural ...
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It is self - defeating for the human - rights movement to take the latter approach and say , force private property upon the Soviet Union or China , or abolish arranged marriages in India , or force general elections in Saudi Arabia ...
It is self - defeating for the human - rights movement to take the latter approach and say , force private property upon the Soviet Union or China , or abolish arranged marriages in India , or force general elections in Saudi Arabia ...
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He offers only a standard Kantian approach which begs the question . A person “ is a kind of being that has an intrinsic value intellectually and morally justifying his / her treatment as an end in himself / herself " ( 1984 , p .
He offers only a standard Kantian approach which begs the question . A person “ is a kind of being that has an intrinsic value intellectually and morally justifying his / her treatment as an end in himself / herself " ( 1984 , p .
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Concept of Human Rights | 39 |
Relativism Revisited | 61 |
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| Titlu | International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism Volumul 6 din Frontiers of Anthropology |
| Autor | Alison Dundes Renteln |
| Ediție | ilustrată |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 1990 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea din Michigan |
| Scanată la | 13 oct. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0803935056, 9780803935051 |
| Lungime | 208 pagini |
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