CLJ 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cultural Relativism, Relativism, Social Fact
15 Dec 2017
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Applicable to all individuals, that are part of that group or category: human. Firmly established in international law and politics: international legal. Almost all cultures, regions participate in an overlapping consensus regarding human rights: overlapping consensus universality. Consensus is based on a shared assumption of the threats to human dignity: International legal universality: accepted by almost all states: ratification of international instruments participation in human rights council elections and in the universal. Based on binding international instruments: states acquire obligations International fora and use in foreign relations among states and by ngos when exerting pressure on a state to change its practices. In relation to, depending on, arising from something else: culture. Ontological relativity: not part of the natural fabric of reality. They do not apply everywhere and at all times. Historical or anthropological relativity: are historically contingent responses within a society. Foundational relativity: different philosophical and political foundations.
