{"id":1006,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/the-debate-on-human-rights-is-caught-between-the-upsc-psir-2024-0508\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:22","slug":"the-debate-on-human-rights-is-caught-between-the-upsc-psir-2024-0508","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-debate-on-human-rights-is-caught-between-the-upsc-psir-2024-0508\/","title":{"rendered":"The debate on human rights is caught between the"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> \u201ccaught between\u201d = a deadlock <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> universalism over-reaches, relativism under-protects<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> each side half-right, half-blind <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the debate advances only when their strengths combine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>universalism (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Kant<\/b>, dignity, UDHR) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> its limit: it carries Western liberal assumptions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cultural relativism (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Boas<\/b>, legitimacy through local context) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> its limit: shields FGM \/ child marriage, becomes an authoritarian cloak <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Asian values (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Lee Kuan Yew<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Sen\u2019s<\/b> reply: Asia too diverse, serves power not culture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>relativism\u2019s charge of Western hegemony vs the universalist charge that relativism excuses abuse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b>Donnelly\u2019s<\/b> relative universalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> universal in principle, flexible in application, \u201cculture is not destiny\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b>Gutmann\u2019s<\/b> deliberation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> shared principles applied through dialogue, not by imposing the dominant view<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[50],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1006","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-rights","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4600,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1006\/revisions\/4600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}