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> People can "regard" anything as anything, but why should anyone else care what they "regard”? Why indeed? Why, for example, did you write several paragraphs
by perilunar 3y ago
> People can "regard" anything as anything, but why should anyone else care what they "regard”?
Why indeed? Why, for example, did you write several paragraphs about it and link to a long article about philosophers’ opinions? Why should anyone care what you or they think?
Clearly people do care, not least because the UDHR comes from the UN, and if it is not as universal as it purports to be, then why would we expect countries to respect it?
- skissane 3y ago> Why indeed? Why, for example, did you write several paragraphs about it and link to a long article about philosophers’ opinions? Why should anyone care what you or they think? I don't think anyone should care what I think. In terms of philosophers, they put forward arguments for their positions, and we should judge their positions based on the quality of their arguments. So, what is the argument for the claim "only negative rights are true human rights"? > Clearly people do care, not least because the UDHR comes from the UN, and if it is not as universal as it purports to be, then why would we expect countries to respect it? Many millions of people worldwide don't care about the UDHR. The people who care the most about it seem to be adherents to some form of liberal internationalism which views the UN as having inherent moral authority.