Human Rights

by Langwith, Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9780737737462
• ISBN10: 0737737468
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-07
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?	p. 11
Introduction	p. 14
What Are Human Rights?
Chapter Preface	p. 19
Human Rights Must be Universal	p. 22
Human Rights Must Be Culturally Relative	p. 31
We Should Eliminate the Debate About Universality and Cultural Relativism	p. 36
Non-Western Societies Have Influenced Human Rights	p. 71
Periodical Bibliography	p. 48
What Is the State of Human Rights?
Chapter Preface	p. 50
Globalization Threatens Human Rights	p. 54
Globalization Promotes Human Rights	p. 64
Islamic Law Threatens Human Rights	p. 72
Islamic Law Promotes Human Rights	p. 80
China Is Abusing Human Rights	p. 88
The United States Is Abasing Human Rights	p. 101
Periodical Bibliography	p. 111
What Should Be Done to Stop Human Rights Abuses?
Chapter Preface	p. 113
The United Nations Is Necessary to Stop Human Rights Abuses	p. 116
The United Nations Is Ineffective and Corrupt and Does Not Stop Human Rights Abuses	p. 124
International Human Rights Treaties Are Necessary to Help Prevent Human Rights Abuses	p. 134
International Human Rights Laws and Treaties Have Little Impact on Ending Human Rights Abuses	p. 140
Periodical Bibliography	p. 147
What Human Rights Policies should the U.S. Government Follow?
Chapter Preface	p. 149
The United States Should Be a Part of the International Criminal Court	p. 152
The United States Should Not Be a Part of the International Criminal Court	p. 165
The United States Should Intervene in Darfur	p. 177
The United States Should Not Intervene in Darfur	p. 185
The United States Should Not Practice Torture Even to Win the War on Terrorism	p. 193
The United States Should Practice Torture Under Some Circumstances	p. 206
The United States Should Ratify the Treaty to Protect Women's Human Rights	p. 218
The United States Should Not Ratify the Treaty to Protect Women's Human Rights	p. 224
Periodical Bibliography	p. 231
For Further Discussion	p. 232
Organizations to Contact	p. 235
Bibliography of Books	p. 243
Index	p. 247
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