Ethics, Human Rights and Culture
Beyond Relativism and Universalism
Published on 27. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXII, 274 pages
978-1-349-54040-2 (ISBN)
Description
Is it possible, given culturally incongruent perspectives, to validate any common standards of behaviour? Is cultural relativity be a problem when cultures are porous? Can we implement human rights without incorporating the idea into the fabric of culture? This book addresses such questions with an inventive and original understanding of culture.
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Edition
1st ed. 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XXII, 274 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-54040-2 (9781349540402)
DOI
10.1057/9780230511583
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Book
01/2006
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
XIAORONG LI is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA. Previously, she was a Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Centre (1992-93) and a member of the Institute of Advanced Study (1999-2000). Her publications include
Asian Values and the Universality of Human Rights
,
Human Rights: Priority Ranking, Conflicts and Trade-Offs
, and
A Critique of Rawl's Freestanding Justice
.
Content
Introduction PART I: LIVING WITH CULTURAL PARADOXES Paradoxes of Culture The Ethical Significance of Culture A Cultural Critique of Cultural Relativism PART II: TRANSCENDING DICHOTOMIES Destructive of Cultural Community? Intolerant of Cultural Pluralism? PART III: HUMAN RIGHTS: THE VIEW FROM ANYWHERE Cross-Cultural via the Inter-Subjective From Human Values to Inherent Rights From Practical Reasons to Extrinsic Rights An Unfair Utopia?