Are human rights western? : a contribution to the dialogue of civilizations / Arvind Sharma.

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Human rights -- History.

Human rights -- Government policy.

Civil rights.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. The historical argument

The moral argument

The cultural argument

The argument by natural law

The argument by law

The argument by negative rights

The secular argument

The argument via individualism

The egalitarian argument

The capitalist argument

The liberal argument

The argument of democratic capitalism

The universalist argument

The argument via rationality

The philosophical argument

The argument from ethical relativism

The modernity argument

The habitative argument

The argument by design

The package-deal argument

The religious argument

The homo sapiens argument

The deontological argument

The Christian argument

The argument by human suffering

The colonial argument

The imperialist argument

The racist argument

The parochial argument

The rhetorical argument

The anthropological argument

The legal argument

The exclusive argument

The international argument

The elitist argument

The argument through the United Nations.

Part of the contemporary debate on human rights is about the origins and significance of the notion itself. This book examines the proposition that the basis of prevailing ideas of human rights are of western origin.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780195679489

xvii, 289 p. ; 23 cm