From the Thinking About Issues series - an investigation of the underlying issues in world development and the world-wide implications. Problems of world development are with us daily, and we are all familiar with the needs of the third world. No longer is it sufficient simply to make a collection for one of the third world charities like Oxfam or Christian Aid. Third world countries themselves have made it clear that their ultimate concern is trade rather then aid. But then that brings us face with the problems of tea, coffee and many other commodities. Soon we are into realms of land ownership, tariffs, politics and economics - a world where the non-professional is so quickly out of the depth. There is no shortage of information fed to us through the news media and the various charitable bodies and agencies, many of which are extremely good at keeping us up-to-date in a world where the facts constantly change. What most of us need, however, is a summary of the underlying issues against which the day-to-day affairs can be understood and judged. Thinking About Human Rights is written specially for this purpose. Human Rights today are widely acclaimed in statements and almost equally widely denied in fact. Whether it is due to a lust for power or to a rigid set of ideas the struggle for human rights is part of a conflict between personal rights and collective rights in a world where not everybody is compassionate. The struggle is always in danger of resulting in more enthusiasm for rights than for responsibilities. But to what lengths can you go to check the rogue and defend the weak? And when is it right to use violence?
- ISBN10 0718823001
- ISBN13 9780718823009
- Publish Date 30 November 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 January 1900
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lutterworth Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 72
- Language English