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Human Rights and Asian Values

Sixteenth Annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture on Ethics and Foreign Policy

Amartya Sen

May 25, 1997

Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen
Human Rights and Asian Values
Human Rights and Asian Values
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Nobel Prize-winning philosopher Amartya Sen argues that human rights are neither a uniquely Western phenomenon nor a hindrance to economic development, the charges usually leveled against those who seek to implement human rights in Asia. He points to intellectual strands within Asian thought that value human rights.

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Annual Morgenthau Memorial Lectures

Named for famed international relations scholar Hans Morgenthau, the annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture series is the longest-running public education initiative of the Carnegie Council, showcasing today's most distinguished thinkers on ethics and international affairs.

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Annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture Series

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Amartya Sen

Keywords
Ethics, Human Rights

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Ethics
Human Rights

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