attack on human rights

Question 1

saudi objection to UN human rights dec

Answer 1

restriction of female choice in marriage an essential aspect of traditional cultures

Question 2

objection from within the west

Answer 2

that our conceptin of human rights are a western creation of limited appliciability

Question 3

objection from asia

Answer 3

in some countries, the massive economic growth from authoriarian gov’ts suggests that human rights can be detrimental to growth

Question 4

rights and individualism

Answer 4

though human rights drafters tried to make it less individualistic to appeal to other countries, rights are inherently individualitic. enables ppl to see themselves as moral agents who can act against culturally/group supported practices. HR tries to adjudicate the conflicts between group and indiv. interests.

Question 5

human rights and western culture

Answer 5

rights DONT force western culture on places, merely allows individuals w freedom/ negative liberties (right not to be beaten, not to be enslaved, etc).

Question 6

where do human rights emerge from

Answer 6

from the bottom- from powerless ppl