HONR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Genetic Fallacy, Asian Values
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Asian values debate: from singapore and china, in opposition to udhr, can"t make human rights standard because they don"t apply to asia. Eastern and southeastern asian countries claim that universal rights is not applicable to their nations because asians have unique set of values that lead to a unique. Understanding of human rights and justify the exceptional" handling of rights by asian govts (p. 397-398) Li: will go over myths, misconceptions and fallacies that have gone into creating an. Conclusion: claim to asian values does not threaten idea of universal human rights. Asia is a very large continent with diverse groups of people, diversity in culture in religion as well as economic and political systems. Types of claims made by people who promote idea of asian view (countries in those regions) Claim 1: rights are culturally specific - based on differing histories and backgrounds of development.
