Timeline for Is the doctrine of modern Human Rights considered to be supreme form of Ethics by modern philosophers?
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| Jan 17 at 13:10 | answer | added | True River | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 1 at 21:35 | comment | added | Obie 2.0 | Those are human rights there: even your enemy deserves food and drink, and you should try to live peacefully with everyone (so there is no class of people whom you can mistreat just because you feel like it). Or, the Hindu dharma? The Mahabharata itself has Bhima note that "Abstention from injury to all creatures hath been said to be the highest of all virtues. The Brahmana is the root of that virtue." To be honest, anything related to ahiṃsā encompasses various human rights, by virtue of being even broader (applying not just to humans, but to non-human creatures). | |
| Jan 1 at 21:23 | comment | added | Obie 2.0 | For instance, religious ethics? The Christian Bible says in Romans 12, "Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord. Therefore, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head." | |
| Jan 1 at 21:04 | comment | added | Obie 2.0 | Human rights is simply the idea that there are some rights that people have purely by virtue of being people. In other words, there is no human that can morally be subject to absolutely anything one can imagine (including indignities and atrocities of every type). To the best of my knowledge, every form of morality that you have mentioned incorporates this idea in one form or another. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 23:00 | comment | added | J.G. | If you suspect you may have sympathy to the view that HRs are merely Western and can be dismissed because of how the West has imposed certain things in the past, you may be interested in this question and its answers, which explore whether the West's indiscretions should turn us away from science. My own answer takes the view that colonialism's worst aspects do not motivate rejecting specific insights that happened to largely develop in Europe. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 22:31 | comment | added | Scott Rowe | @Rushi "One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson - Whoever steps forward to salvage something is way ahead of everyone else. If people don't like the solution, they are free to come forward with something better at any time. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 20:14 | comment | added | An_Elephant | I doubt if that's pretty much to make your point. Your examples are based on personal and individual experiences. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 18:55 | answer | added | NotThatGuy | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Dec 31, 2023 at 15:14 | answer | added | Jo Wehler | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 14:03 | comment | added | Rushi | @ScottRowe If there were an accepted standard would there be wars? | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 13:56 | comment | added | Rushi | I think, in the light of comments, you should put UDHR (no N) closer to the top of ur question. Perhaps along with a link | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 12:32 | comment | added | David Gudeman | So how do those systems differ from human rights? Your question leaves far too much up to the interpretation of the reader. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 11:49 | comment | added | Suradoe Uchiha | @DavidGudeman Human Rights as defined by UNDHR? Modern human rights as espoused by US and UN? And no, I do not think a person has the right to rob or murder. I am talking about ethics systems around the world not based on human rights - African tribal ethics, Chinese ethics, Indian Dharmic traditions, religious ethics, etc. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 11:31 | comment | added | xerx593 | no, the non-doctrine of (non-modern) non-human non-rights, i consider "more supreme" .. !? :)) | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 10:17 | answer | added | Professor Sushing | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 10:13 | comment | added | Rushi | Many more alternatives. | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 10:02 | comment | added | Rushi | Modern philosophers? Or modern western philosophers? See Cairo Declaration of Human rights | |
| Dec 31, 2023 at 9:50 | comment | added | David Gudeman | You are going to have to clarify what you mean by "human rights". If you don't believe in human rights, does that mean you don't think a person has a right to not be robbed or murdered? | |
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