POLS 3320 Lecture 13: Lecture 13
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Reading hr have become core organizing principles (esp since end of cold war) We see un, etc. engaging in a discourse of hr. Liberal hum is a term barnett uses to describe this modern era core idea is that individual liberty has become a powerful ideological force, driving hum actions and impacts ideologies like free trade, markets, etc. Neg classic liberalism, coming up w pol ideology that would contradict peoples freedoms. Pos like sen, what one can hope to achieve in a pos sense. Fundamental hr (expected to have w no exceptions: life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, freedom from torture, persecution, from discrimination re race, gender, rel, sexual orientation. Difficult to see which is neccesary or not. Un charter (1945: end of cold war we have this recognition of idealistic efforts to make world better place failed in league of nations effort to normalize set of norms of.