Universal Declaration of Human Rights Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/ Professor, writer, politician Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:52:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/ 32 32 217957751 Universal Values at Bay https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2023/universal-values-at-bay/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:38:13 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=2584 The moral universalism enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights obliges us to recognize the humanity of others and the reality of their suffering. If that doctrine sounds naive in today’s world, it is because we have allowed malignant spoilers to smother this foundational intuition.

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]]> 2584 The Attack on Human Rights https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2001/the-attack-on-human-rights/ Thu, 01 Nov 2001 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1874 Shared among equals, rights are not the universal credo of a global society, not a secular religion, but something much more limited and yet just as valuable: the shared vocabulary from which our arguments can begin, and the bare human minimum from which differing ideas of human flourishing can take root.

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