MRKT 452 Lecture 10: Notes 1
Human Rights and Ethics in Practice
What are humans?
- Humans Rights: strong universal moral claims for a dignified life, posses by all people
simply on the basis that they are human beings.
- Humans rights emerged, developed, and evolved in different parts of the world
though struggle, constellation, and critique over the last century.
- Human rights development is not a strand gradient of development
What are human rights?
- Individual: apply to human persons
- Fundamental: basic for all human beings
- Inalienable: inherently inviolable/they cannot be taken way from us
- Universal: independent of time and space/belong to all of us in the world
- Egalitarian: equal treatment of all
- Indivisible and interdependent: all are related government should be able to pick and
chose which are respected
Categories of Human Rights
- CIVIL: The rights to be treated as an equal to anyone else in society
- POLITICAL: The right to vote, to freedom of speech & to obtain information
- ECONOMIC: The right to participate in and economy that benefits all; and desirable
work
- SOCIAL: The rights to education, health care, food, clothing, shelter and social
security
- CULTURAL: The right to freedom of religion, and to speak the language, and to
practice the culture of one’s choice
Civil and Political Rights
• They signify the protection of rights to liberty and equality under the constitution,
such as freedom of speech, protection against unreasonable searches etc.
• Ensuring people’s integrity and safety
• Protection from discrimination (based on gender, religion and race, etc.)
• Right to equality in public spaces
• Equal access to heath care, education, culture, etc.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Hunger, homelessness and diseases are not only because of social problems or
simply the results of natural disasters—they are a violation of people's economic,
social and cultural rights
• Access to justice is an essential right of victims of all human rights violations, but
many people around the world, particularly those living in poverty, have their
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Document Summary
Humans rights: strong universal moral claims for a dignified life, posses by all people simply on the basis that they are human beings. Humans rights emerged, developed, and evolved in different parts of the world though struggle, constellation, and critique over the last century. Human rights development is not a strand gradient of development. Inalienable: inherently inviolable/they cannot be taken way from us. Universal: independent of time and space/belong to all of us in the world. Indivisible and interdependent: all are related government should be able to pick and chose which are respected. Civil: the rights to be treated as an equal to anyone else in society. Political: the right to vote, to freedom of speech & to obtain information. Economic: the right to participate in and economy that benefits all; and desirable work. Social: the rights to education, health care, food, clothing, shelter and social security.