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Ethics, Human Rights and Culture: Their Compatibility and Inter-Dependence
Xiaorong Li
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Description for Ethics, Human Rights and Culture: Their Compatibility and Inter-Dependence
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403985484
SKU
V9781403985484
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99-15
About Xiaorong Li
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 ... Read more
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