Human rights
Ga-halek
28-02-2006, 07:59
Do the universal human rights supported by the UN and much of the western world have any basis in reality or are they just cultural constructs? Does this impact their relevance? Explain your answers.
THE LOST PLANET
28-02-2006, 08:16
Pretty much all interaction between humans is subject to 'cultural constructs' or as I prefer to refer to them Social Constructs. But there is a recurring theme throughout history that seem to imply a universal truth to basic rights of humans. These seem to be centered around basic species survival protocol in nature. For a species to survive and thrive it there seems to be a basic protocol that it not destroy or harm it's own species. Animals fight for teritory and mates within their own species but rarely actually kill each other. Most higher lifeforms protect and tolerate young of their own species. The basic human rights to life, procreation and peaceful existance are not without a basis, they are more than just a social construct.
Man in Black
28-02-2006, 08:34
I voted other. No human deserves to be protected when they have something coming to them. :mad:
none of the poll options really apply.
the natural basis for "human rights" and indeed all morality, is simply that the more harm there is floating arround the more likely each and every last one of us is to suffer as a resault, and the more harm any of us causes, whether individualy or collectively, the more there is floating arround.
it's not about trying to be a saint. it's about the kind of world we all have to live in.
the ultimate self interest is altruism
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