RHETOR 115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Nationstates
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Liberal thinking often favor individualism and not attach ethical significant to membership of communities and groups, esp politically organized communities like nation-states (only important in delivering justice) ^ distorted: misconstrues the 2 importances of community membership (1) community memberships means people are immersed in distinct cultures that shape their general conceptions of value and understandings of justice itself. [cultural difference] (125) (2) many centres of political decision (not just one) - governments and people are empowered to make decisions that affect resources available to community members. In short: the world is made up of culturally distinct communities each enjoying some degree of political autonomy. Which demands redistribution) (my own critique: judgements made by own members means judgments made by the powerful - often men, corrupt individuals) Impact of cultural factors and political decisions over time. With equal starting positions, use of resource wil render amount of resources in the future unequal > started to cultural values and political choices.
