Book chapter
An Idea for a Better World: Human Rightsponsibility
Scholarship, practice and education in comparative law: a festschrift in honour of Mary Hiscock, pp.69-80
Springer
2019
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Abstract
Last year, 2018, was a significant year for it commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As such, it has become timely to take stock of contemporary international events and actors and re-imagine the discourse on international human rights, comparative law, and international law. It may be argued that championing rights alone by the international community can be problematic; this is more so if the pursuit of rights is without regard for any concomitant sense of obligations. From a comparative perspective, generally speaking, Western cultures have predominantly tended towards rights-based advocacy and Eastern cultures, conversely, have primarily promoted obligations-based ethics. Rights without obligations are prone to produce the entitled generation, as we are now so accustomed to; obligations without rights are likely to generate deference and subservience. Neither is perfect. Ancient Eastern wisdoms and contemporary Western ideals are both needed to nourish the human spirit with visions for a better world. A fusion is envisaged to engender ideas for a better world. It is proposed to examine the author’s idea and coinage of ‘Human Rightsponsibility’ to advance humanity to the next level of an international legal order founded upon principles of fairness and harmony, notions of compromise and well-being, and an ethic of collaboration.
Details
- Title
- An Idea for a Better World: Human Rightsponsibility
- Creators
- Bee Chen Goh (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Scholarship, practice and education in comparative law: a festschrift in honour of Mary Hiscock, pp.69-80
- Publisher
- Springer; Singapore
- Number of pages
- 223
- Identifiers
- 991012845900502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; School of Law and Justice
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter