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An analysis of Tharoor's article on the concept of universal human rights, in which he compares the idea of universality with the need to take into account the variations in cultural ideologies when assessing how human rights should be defined. Bibliography lists 1 source
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of universal rights versus that of culturally-specific rights: in other words, are there certain ethical, moral and humanitarian principles which can be said to transcend relative cultural values, or can
one only address the issue of human rights with reference to particular cultural ideologies? He offers perspectives from both sides, and suggests that the issue need not be an "either-or"
dichotomy, but can be considered from a viewpoint which takes account of both viewpoints. Facts used to support main theme. He notes that the entire concept of
universal human rights has already been strongly criticised in various parts of the world; that one has to consider that "human rights" per se may be a specifically Western idea,
and therefore not even appropriate to the philosophies of other cultures; that the parameters of human rights as set out in various international human rights agreements and treaties may not
have been formulated with non-Western cultures in mind. Information and ideas discussed in the course of the article. Tharoor begins by setting out the viewpoint which states
that since there is no such thing as a universal human culture, there can therefore be no such thing as "universal" human rights. In fact, some thinkers maintain that "human"
rights, as such, propose an unacceptably anthropocentric view of the world, which sets human beings at the top of a pyramid whereas to perceive human beings as part of an
interconnected ecological web might be a more accurate way of looking at things. In addition, he states that not all cultures regard the individuals rights as paramount, since the community
is more important than the individual. He then goes on to look at the various ways in which these conflicting ideas might be reconciled, in terms of balancing cultural values
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