Human rights and asian values
| Sen, Amartya | |
| 1997 | |
| Asian values and economic development -- Asia as a unit -- Freedom, democracy, and tolerance -- Order and confucianism -- Freedom and tolerance -- Akbar and the Moghuls -- Theories and practice -- Intervention across national boundaries -- A concluding remark -- Notes | |
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In 1776, just when the Declaration of Independence was being adopted in this country, Thomas Paine complained, in Common Sense, that Asia had “long expelled” freedom. In this lament, Paine saw Asia in company with much of the rest of the world (America, he hoped, would be different). Singapore warned that “universal recognition of the ideal of human rights can be harmful if universalism is used to deny or mask the reality of diversity.” The Chinese delegation played a leading role in emphasizing regional differences and in making sure that the prescriptive framework adopted in the declarations made room for regional diversity. The spokesman for China's foreign ministry even put on record the proposition, apparently applicable in China and elsewhere, that “individuals must put the state's rights before their own." |
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The author presented this paper at the Sixteenth Morgenthau Memorial Lecture on Ethics & Foreign Policy, sponsored by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, in New York City on May 1, 1997. |
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| Human rights
Asian Values Asia Economic development Freedom Democracy Confucianism Tolerance Akbar The Moghuls |
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