POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - For Marx, On The Jewish Question, Second Vatican Council
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Can"t look to liberty to understand the social bond, but must look towards equality. Paradox - quantitative inequalities are growing (economic equalities) but on the other hand you have social equalities that are growing, ie. qualitative equalites. Differences in nature have historically played a inferious role. The notion of human right is today the common political and moral reference in the west. The relationship between human rights and politics: even conservatives believe human rights should be extended as much as possible. It is only around 1970"s-80"s that human rights will rally support in the west: the ultimate triumph of human right will have to do with a particular issue in the 1970"s. Communist rule in the ussr and eastern block countries. Known as the dissidents; citizens who decided to resist the autocratic rule of communism by appealing to hr. It is unusually because usually to go against one regime, they use another regime.