ANTH 3027 Chapter Notes -Deskilling, Cultural Relativism, October Crisis
1 Dec 2012
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This week s reading by michael freeman, the philosophical foundations of. Human rights, invoked much thought on my part. Freeman raised many questions and did not always offer answers, such as the main issue of what philosophical foundations exist in the case of human rights. Philosophy is something that i have always found interesting yet extremely taxing, as explanations are not always clear, and this article made me feel confused at parts. Something i found extremely interesting was the discussion about the obstacles to human rights activism, which freeman says are state sovereignty and cultural relativism. These are topics which are seen to be positive in so many realms (such as anthropology) but within human rights i am now aware of the challenges that these ideologies raise. !chapter one of was not someone that i was familiar with before this reading, but now i am interested in what else he had to say about human rights.
