Are (Should) Human Rights (Be) Universal?.

Howard, Rhoda E.

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ERIC Number: EJ596131

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Publication Date: 1998

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Are (Should) Human Rights (Be) Universal?

Howard, Rhoda E.

Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n3 p29,31-32 Fall 1998

Believes that the purpose of human rights is to change many culturally ingrained habits and customs that violate the dignity of the individual. Expounds the differences between cultural relativism and cultural absolutism. States that "weak" cultural relativism is sometimes an appropriate response to human-rights violations. (CMK)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Cultural Influences, Culture, Equal Protection, Feminism, Homosexuality, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social Problems, Social Studies, World Views

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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