Ethics, Human Rights and Culture

Beyond Relativism and Universalism
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-8548-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, X.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?

Über Autor(innen)

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 , , and .