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Culture matters. So what you're saying is that humans have no rights. If humans have rights, then there is a point where culture doesn't matter.
by quadcore 7y ago
Culture matters.
So what you're saying is that humans have no rights. If humans have rights, then there is a point where culture doesn't matter.
- wyattpeak 7y agoWhat is a human right, outside of culture? Unless you're religious, what could it possibly be? There are rights we consider so important that they all but transcend culture, but that "all but" is critical. It's only a matter of consensus, not celestial fiat.
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- dsfyu404ed 7y agoPretty much every culture has some notion of a right to due process, personal freedom and personal property. The people of rural Afghanistan may draw the lines in different places than we do but these rights in some capacity are fundamental to all human civilizations.
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- wyattpeak 7y agoPersonal freedom and especially personal property are only shared cross-culturally, if at all, in the barest of forms. Many African cultures look very negatively on the idea that ones possessions can rightfully be denied to those in need of them unless it will cause you yourself substantial harm. To a lesser degree, many cultures place social cohesion above individual liberty in terms of importance. This actually seems one of the rarer rights historically and globally. I don't see how due process could be universal - it can scarcely even exist outside of bureaucracy. In any simpler system of government the process is "the most powerful person decides". Heck, rule of law only came into being what, 4000 years ago? I think they're odd choices though, because there are much stronger cases for things like right to life. But I still don't see how they can be anything but cultural. Where would they come from? What is the font of rights?
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