POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Security, Moodle
11 Apr 2016
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Deining human rights: the inalienable rights such as liberty, life and pursuit of happiness that one is provided with at birth. This concept was irst developed during the middle age in europe. Deining natural law: common moral standards that govern all human. Progressive development of idea of common moral standards share by all human beings. Liberal philosophy; locke: individual rights have to be protected by the governments. Universalism: some of those principles will become universal. These claims are not valued in the same way for some parts of the world ex asia. Universalism and colonialism: human beings, especially western countries claim to prone human rights above anything else but the history of colonialism deies that claim. In the other hand, western countries claim that colonialism is a mandatory step to build humanity. Clash of idea universal claims of human rights vs colonialism. State sovereignty can be put aside for security purpose. There are universal moral standards that support human rights.
