International Human Rights: Universalism Versus RelativismQuid Pro Books, 2013 International Human Rights is a classic socio-legal study of the incompatibility and possible reconciliation of competing views of culture relativism and absolute fundamental human rights. It features prodigious research and insight that is much cited by academics and human rights lawyers and activists over two decades. Quality ebook edition features active Contents, linked notes, and proper presentation of text and charts. Are human rights universal? Universalists and cultural relativists have long been debating this question. In INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, Alison Dundes Renteln reconciles the two positions and argues that, within the vast array of cultural practices and values, it is possible to create structural equivalents to rights in all societies. She poses that empirical cross-cultural research can reveal universal human rights standards, then demonstrates it through an analysis of the concept of measured retribution. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS provides an unusual combination of abstract theory and empirical evidence. It will interest scholars and students in political science, sociology, anthropology, peace studies, cross-cultural research, and philosophy, as well as human rights activists. |
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... provide a stronger foundation for particular rights. While not everyone agreed with this approach, prominent scholars such as An—Abdullahi An-Na'im, Sally Merry, and Tom Zwart have advanced in their own work the cross—cultural ...
... provide a stronger foundation for particular rights. While not everyone agreed with this approach, prominent scholars such as An—Abdullahi An-Na'im, Sally Merry, and Tom Zwart have advanced in their own work the cross—cultural ...
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... provide foundations for particular human rights, we avoid claims that human rights advocates are ethnocentric and foisting alien values on other societies. It is my hope that this book will inspire others in their quest to promote ...
... provide foundations for particular human rights, we avoid claims that human rights advocates are ethnocentric and foisting alien values on other societies. It is my hope that this book will inspire others in their quest to promote ...
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... providing me with sections of the prepublication copy of the Harvard—Berkeley Comparative Religious Ethics Bibliographical project. I greatly appreciate the efforts of the entire staff in the Interlibrary Loan Department at the ...
... providing me with sections of the prepublication copy of the Harvard—Berkeley Comparative Religious Ethics Bibliographical project. I greatly appreciate the efforts of the entire staff in the Interlibrary Loan Department at the ...
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... provides a wholly satisfying justification for the existence and defense of particular human rights. Divine authority cannot lend much assistance as there are many variations of religious ethics, none of which is subject to proof ...
... provides a wholly satisfying justification for the existence and defense of particular human rights. Divine authority cannot lend much assistance as there are many variations of religious ethics, none of which is subject to proof ...
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... provides a succinct overview with references to more in-depth treatments in the literature. This overview of United Nations (UN) organs and instruments suggests that the failure to resolve value conflicts, both acknowledged and ...
... provides a succinct overview with references to more in-depth treatments in the literature. This overview of United Nations (UN) organs and instruments suggests that the failure to resolve value conflicts, both acknowledged and ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
International Human Rights Law: Cases, Materials, Commentary Olivier De Schutter Previzualizare limitată - 2014 |
International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism Alison Dundes Renteln Vizualizare fragmente - 1990 |
International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism Alison Dundes Renteln Vizualizare fragmente - 1990 |
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