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Can there be universal conception of human rights? Give your arguments.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 15 marks
  • Rights

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), written after Nazi genocide, rests rights on the dignity of every person as a person. Whether one conception can bind every society is disputed. The answer argued here is a qualified yes: a thin core can be universal, while its justifications and forms of implementation remain plural.

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  • Arguments for Universality
  • Arguments against Universality
  • The Middle Path
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