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.
İçerik tablosu
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?Yazar hakkında
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 includeAsian Values and the Universality of Human Rights,
Human Rights: Priority Ranking, Conflicts and Trade-Offs, and
A Critique of Rawl’s Freestanding Justice.
Dil İngilizce ● Biçim PDF ● Sayfalar 274 ● ISBN 9780230511583 ● Dosya boyutu 1.4 MB ● Yayımcı Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Kent London ● Ülke GB ● Yayınlanan 2006 ● İndirilebilir 24 aylar ● Döviz EUR ● Kimlik 2305903 ● Kopya koruma Sosyal DRM