SOSC 2351 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Free The Slaves, Child Slavery

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2351
• Professor: Tanja Juric

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Course: sosc 2351 human rights in socio-legal context. The fundamental characteristic of what makes human rights, derives from the universalist theory, also known as universalism. This is characteristic is that it is universal. In its theory, it is claimed that all human being are entitled of rights regardless of place, group, religious beliefs, or cultural background. This definitive virtue of human rights makes it universally inalienable. The framework of human rights today is significantly impacted by even the earliest form of universalist theory. It is arguable that various universalist theories are responsible for the governing of state and its people. The political structures of even the most powerful western states have adopted the root values of western philosopher traditions, which are essentially significant in the creation of human rights. Universalist theory has three pillars; natural law, rationalism and legalism. After i will state my agreement of universalism legalism and its goal, followed by a critique of.