CMN2168 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Times, Macbride Report, Crimean War
3 Feb 2018
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Refers to the notion that human rights are universal and should apply to every human being. Universalism states that as people we all share in being equal in dignity and in rights, thus we are united together against any form of discrimination, inequality, or violations of human rights. Argue that human rights are culturally dependent, and that no moral principles can be made to apply to all cultures. Argue that universalism, in its attempt to extend a western ideal to the rest of the world, is a form of cultural imperialism. Implies that large events may be tied to small, or even minuscule, occurrences. Idea that we live within a system, so when things occur in different parts of the system (different countries), they have an affect on the other parts of the system. Example: the transmittance of diseases like sars and zika are a form of the butterfly effect and globalization, as it travels from different continents.
