SOSC 2351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Monism, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Medical Model
26 Mar 2016
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Part1: deinitions: civil rights: possessed in virtue of belonging to a political community (citizen, communitarianism: a theory that emphasizes on the importance of community in the political sphere. Communitarianism focuses on the rights and common good of the community, rather than the good/rights of individuals. For example, each individual has their culture and sets of beliefs, therefore, what one culture may ind morally acceptable and just, another individual"s culture wont. Therefore, no one can judge outside their culture"s beliefs. Cultural relativist richard rorty, argues that cultural human rights are more morally superior than the universal rights of human nature: denaturalization: to deprive someone of rights and privileges of citizenship. For example, thomas aquinas believed that natural law is our. Moral duty to act in accordance with purposes implanted (by god) in nature, which represents the logical connection between law and morality: deontological ethics: moral obligation to do our duty; focus on rules/commands.
