Professional Documents
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Human Rights
Human Rights
Stefan Bauschard
Terms
Affirmative
Negative
TERMS
UNITED STATES
OUGHT/VALUE
➔ BOTH?
TERMS
How does a country value over?
➔ Diplomatic statements
Key Pro Arguments to Win
Improve Human Rights (Good Luck)
Shun
US leadership: (a) general; (b) human
rights; © democracy
Free trade/growth bad
Improve Human Rights
➔ Violations now
➔ US leadership, economic
pressure creates improvement
Shunning
Poverty
Nationalism
National Interest
Moralizing Bad
Imperialism
Basic Problems With
Universal Human Rights
1. Based on universalizing Western values
2. No foundation beyond society
3. No real agreement as to what they are
4. Many are sort of silly or aspirational
5. No practical way to protect beyond society
6. Hypocritical
Total Failure
➔ Massive poverty
Genocidal
Nationalism