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Human Rights and Asian Values

Sixteenth Annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture on Ethics and Foreign Policy

Annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture Series (1981-2006)

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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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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