POLS 3212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Soft Law, Refugee Law, Well-Founded Relation
6 Oct 2018
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Argument: asia, africa and the arab world are not the only or greatest challenge to universality of hr. Challenges come from all parts of the world the west . Societies bear multiple and conflicting ethical perspectives . Disagreements (within and across regions) often arise not over hr principles, but over. Death penalty and abortion are exceptions; here the fight is over principles. The challenge for hr is not cultural relativism , but cultural legitimation: Legitimation: requires analysis of hr that os locally situated, historical and comparative - involves cultural cross-fertilization. We look at each other"s cultures for similarities that will allow us to come to an agreement on rights. Cultural nationalism: government sponsored views on hr that exclude other challenging perspectives within society. Someone is unsupportive of their country"s leaders if they dissent from the leader"s view of hr. Asian values = overstretched concept applied to a very large/diverse region. Stability and order over democracy and individual freedom.
