Chapter 4 - Non-Western Concepts of Human Rights and Dignity

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Across
  1. 4. / The ___________ order that structures society built upon Asian values demands loyalty to one's superiors which challenges individual rights (Evans 77)
  2. 6. / The foundations of modern Asian Values discourse can be traced back to the work of the social philosopher ____________ (Evans 74)
  3. 7. Harmony / Is maintained when individuals perform their duties to the best of their abilities, a task that takes priority over all concern for self (74)
  4. 10. Contract / Citizens surrender some liberty to a "leviathan" (government) in exchange for security defined by rights over property (Hobbes suggested this) (Evans 61)
  5. 11. Injunctions / Though the mechanism of family and community ties, social order is maintained through _______ _______ that descibe the correct way of thinking and acting (different from West's "legal injunctions") (Evans 74)
  6. 12. / Word that implies human happiness though the love of our fellows, rather than rights as freedoms associated with the global human rights regime (Evans 74)
  7. 14. / They seek to reform and rationalize Islam in an attempt to bring it in line with neoliberal thought and the needs of economic globalization (Evans 70)
  8. 16. Harmony / From the perspective of Asian values the excessive individualism that characterizes the march of economic globalization must be rejected in favor of the interests of _________ _________ (Evans 77)
  9. 17. Values / The emergence of ______ ______ as an alternative to the principles expressed in the global human rights regime shares many values found in Islam (73)
  10. 18. / From the perspective of __________, it follows that any attempt to separate the physiological and material from the psychological and spiritual aspects of human existence, which is central to Enlightenment thought, must be rejected (Evans 61)
  11. 19. Principle / Unlike Locke, property rights under Islam are limited by a "______ ______", which ordains that property rights are restricted to satisfying one's own needs and those of one's family (67)
  12. 21. / They seek a synthesis of Islam of Islam and the dominant global political economy, in an attempt to "Islamize" some aspects of modernity (71)
  13. 23. / Offers the potential to satisfy physiological needs through the exploitation of nature to generate surplus
  14. 24. / The revealed word of God which the Prophet recorded in the _______ four centuries ago, sets down the moral truths as a guide for building a just social order within which all Muslims can find both material and spiritual security (Evans 60)
  15. 25. / ______ and community ties are seen as the foundation upon which harmony and order are built (73)
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  1. 1. Tiger / An approach to political economy that stresses strong leadership and social discipline rather than democracy, rights and individual freedom (Evans 75)
  2. 2. / While Enlightenment thought encouraged a methodology that seeks "truth" (Evans 61)
  3. 3. / Found in most advanced capitalist economies, which separates the state's duty from duties associated with religious observance and assigns religion to private world (Evans 61)
  4. 5. Capitalism / The success of ______ _______ a non individualistic account of capitalist expansion challenged the dominant Western liberal version where rights play a central role (Evans 78)
  5. 8. / _________ version of social contract asserts a normative foundation that seeks to go beyond the mere satisfaction of physiological need by extending that satisfaction to the psychological, spiritual and moral needs of the whole community (Evans 62)
  6. 9. / Refers to the wider Muslim community (Evans 60)
  7. 13. / The distinctions between reason and ___________ as philosophical method is key to understanding all aspects of Islam (Evans 60)
  8. 15. / Western political thought constructed the idea of human rights through the application of reason, for Islam human rights are revealed in the world of ____ (Evans 60)
  9. 20. / Dominant human rights discourse emphasizes the rights and the individual, Islam favors duties and ____________ (Evans 63)
  10. 22. Globalization / In the age of _____________, the demand for changes in systems of production and exchange have seen the emergence of new forms of social relations that challenge existing habits, moral ideas and cultural identities (Evans 60)