| Meeting 18 June 2010 - Agenda Note1 #111227 Some thoughts on a starting point for discussion - for others to add to or edit as desired. |
- If the values are universal why is it necessary (and are there any disadvantages/advantages) - to put them in a written form like the UN Declaration?
- Can individual 'rights/values' or groups of them included in the Declaration be 'pared back'? For example, in trying to understand/define certain rights/values, could one undertake a similar exercise to the semantic one for example, trying to define/explain the difference between 'cup' and 'mug' or 'envy' and 'jealousy' (so that there may be fewer more fundamental rights' rather than 'variations on a theme')?.
- Are there particular 'rights' included in the UN Declaration that have already not been accepted by other cultures?
- Are there any 'universal' rights/values that should apply to animals and could this also have cross-cultural implications?
- What kind of structure for the map - by individual value or by a question like the Technology: oppressor or liberator? map, or...?
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