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“Human rights are basic moral guarantees that people in all countries and cultures possess, simply because they are people”. Explain the statement.

  • UPSC 2008
  • Rights

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The statement reproduces the definition given by James W. Nickel in the Encyclopedia of Ethics (1992), with one qualifier removed. Nickel wrote that people "allegedly have" these guarantees, conceding that their existence must be argued for. Each term makes a separate claim, and the dropped qualifier marks the weak point.

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  • Unpacking the Definition
  • Why Being Human Is Enough
  • Limits of the Statement
  • Indian Illustration
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