Human Rights and Universality

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Term papers

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13 pages

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.doc

Published date :

11/16/2001

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Table of Contents  Human Rights and Universality Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The UDHR: Western conception of human rights
    1. Human rights: A western invention
    2. Human rights as opposed to duties and collective mechanisms
    3. The accusation of cultural imperialism
    4. The issue of the hierarchy of rights within the UDHR
    5. The necessary respect for cultural diversity
  3. Striving for universalism (the defenders of the UDHR)
    1. The hidden side of cultural relativism
    2. The accommodation of universal rights in a non-Western cultural context: The case of Islamic countries
  4. Conclusion
  5. Bibliography

Abstract

We'll see that a mediate position can be found between what Donnelly has identified as radical cultural relativism (a) and radical universalism (b). Thus, it seems that a cross-cultural consensus can be found on the universality of some basic rights contained in the UDHR, whereas some other articles may be susceptible of cultural adaptation. But in the first place we will examine the position of cultural relativists and its potential weaknesses and hidden rationals

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