The universal human rights concept and its roots in Western political thought

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « Conclusion. Bibliography. The universal human rights concept has its roots in Western political thought, so can we say that it applies to all human beings? ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The cultural relativist model.. Community: Basic social unit.. The book Human rights and International Relations.. The doctrine of cultural relativism.. China's focus on community and obligations.. The claim that human rights are...»

The universal human rights concept

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Summaries   |   05/07/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « Bibliography. The universal human rights concept The UN was founded immediately after the horrors of the Second World War because of the Nazi-regime and in ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Cultural relativism . Universality of human rights. The case of China. Conclusion. Bibliography ....»

Alterglobalisation: "Another world is possible?"

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « With this concept he has summed up the current consensus which was to building a globalization in solidarity, which respects universal human rights and those ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The roots and ideas of alter globalisation.. Who are they?. What they want?. Organization and actions.. Seattle, Davos and Genoa: The first actions of the alternative movement.. The creation of its own meeting: The World Social...»

War and Peace: An Examination through Relativity

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   04/18/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « preservation of land, property, rights, religion, and life. acknowledge a similar concept, that nations the examination of universal human characteristics and ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Human behavior and Isaac Newton's Third Law. Human nature has complicated characteristics. Society directs less attention outside the proverbial box. The fusion of malleable human emotions with an ideologically diluted society. The...»

Progressing Toward the End of Spirit: Hegel on World History

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   School essay   |   12/11/2007   |   .doc   |   2 pages
Document abstract : « the way that it works in human beings In order for spirit to become universal, all individuals their freedom, justice emerges, along with rights, and obviously ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Hegel's lectures and essays. Spirit as being a catalyst which activates us. The breakdown of states and nations. Conclusion....»

What is the relation (if any) between virtue and human flourishing?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « want to consider human flourishing as a universal concept, we first also some other variables of a human life which the education we receive, the rights we can ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Virtues.. A character trait which makes its possessor good. . Distinguishing between virtues, moral motivation and utilitarianism?. Julia Annas and the central role of reasoning in the application of the virtues. . We cannot practise...»

Hobbes's account of religion/nationalism and terror management theory

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/10/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « have provided evidence for the universal human phenomena of According to Hobbes, human history has been marked by to forfeit some of their natural rights to a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Cancer treatments. Hobbes and the terror management theories. Religious belief. The role of death . Interesting problem for the sovereign . Conclusion. Works cited....»

Late modern institutions and collective action

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « a key factor in the progression of human rights. in the institutionalization of civil rights movement as in cultural relativism and universal moral principles. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Institutions and collective action theories.. Social movements and the new institutionalists.. Institutions, subjects and collective action.. The global and reflexive content of action in late modernity.. Exclusion and non-places: the...»

Empirical feasibility in Kant's Perpetual Peace

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   09/04/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « to the point where a violation of rights in one of rational beings who together require universal laws for Furthermore, if it is accepted that human reason is ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Perpetual Peace and Kant's concept of human nature.. Kant's error of rationality.. Empirical proof: The shortcomings the United Nations.. Conclusion.....»

Gandhi's Experiments with Truth

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   School essay   |   10/08/2007   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « crucial in the movements to gain rights for South Again, according to Christianity only human beings had souls Ahimsa is a universal idea, as virtually every ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Understanding Gandhi himself. The Hindu goal of losing attachment to worldly desires. His disdain for the practice of the caste system and untouchability. The appeal of The New Testament for Gandhi. Conclusion....»

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