How to Study Human Rights and Culture … Without Becoming a Relativist

Philosophy in the Contemporary World 11 (2):89-95 (2004)
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Few people seem to be disturbed by the view that the idea of human rights is ‘a product of the culture of the West.’ Truisms, however, often hide problems and this one is no exception. One of the main problemsone that is seldom recognized is this: How can we even begin to understand a supposed relation between a culture and a doctrine?

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