Human Rights and Asian Values / Kim Ami


1.     Summary

Human rights were exposed to the state, with World War II and the Holocaust becoming a catalyst and recognized in communities and family networks of families. However, Asia has begun to raise its value by criticizing the universality of human rights movements centered on Western countries. Asian countries pointed out that Western countries colonized Asian countries, and it is a problem with Western countries' human rights awareness. In other words, they argued that although they do not deny the universality of human rights, they should reflect specific situations in certain countries at certain times. In response, universal human rights advocates accuse their claims of being extremely cultural relativistic and morally unreasonable.

2.     Interesting point

What's interesting is that human rights, which used to be considered universal, clashed with Asian values. After reading this article, I felt that the Western-centered human rights movement that looted Asia from the perspective of Asia deserves criticism. However, looking at Asia's claims made me wonder if I should accept unreasonable culture, although it is natural to respect culture.

3.     Discuission

Should human rights be universal? Should it be relative?

Comments

  1. Juhee ChaMay 24, 2020 at 12:11 AM

    The concept of human rights is universal. It is a right that should be guaranteed by any human being. People have rights everywhere, regardless of race, color, sex or whatever. Therefore, I did not agree with the relative interpretation of human rights and felt that human rights must be universal.

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