During the UDHR negotiating process however, non-Western views and traditions were taken into account, such as the Chinese, Marxist, Latin American and Islamic although Africa and Asia were hugely under-represented (Forsythe, 2000). ... Donnelly (2007) further premised that the idea of equal and inalienable rights being accorded due to being human (as is the basis of the UDHR) was missing not only in traditional Asian, African, Islamic societies but from early Western societies as well. ... 'Traditionalism' is generally used when referring to an 'African', 'Islamic&...

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The environmental issue has certainly been at the very top of the American agenda, as the nation seeks ways to preserve and conserve. ... Buddhism is an offspring of Hinduism and magnifies traditional Asian cultural values which "include respects for animals and plants as well as human life; personal achievement may be sought but not at another's expense, and always "exploitation, confrontation, and competition are to avoided" . ... However, over the years, the ideals of Buddhism have grown distant to the realities of Asian culture (from which it was developed). ...

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Traditionally three major religions–Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism made deep impact on the South Asian societies. ... (Khatiwada) The differences between roles of Asian Islamic, Middle East and western exist not in small scale but vastly. The general views are that western women are more independent while Middle East women are least while Asian Islamic societies are more lenient towards allowing its women to contribute to the economic growth. ... Some Americans believe that Muslim women are oppressed by their religion, forced to cover themselves completely, denied education and other basi...

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Cultural Relativism and Human Rights Cultures with their morals differ from each other across the world and with that indifference comes a conflict about which morals are right. James Rachels challenges the idea of cultural relativism. In this paper I review Benedicts concept and compare it to ...

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One thing that I think was very clever by Finke and Stark was that they brought up the immigration laws that kept out most Asians therefore Eastern religious teachers. ... What Finke and Stark say in this section that clarifies their argument, I think is that it took only a relatively a small number of American converts to Hinduism to generate some Hindu-based cult movements ; which if you think about it, it is not an explosion it is a normal thing to do when something new like that comes into to an area. ...

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One thing that I think was very clever by Finke and Stark was that they brought up the immigration laws that kept out most Asians therefore Eastern religious teachers. ... What Finke and Stark say in this section that clarifies their argument, I think is that it took only a relatively a small number of American converts to Hinduism to generate some Hindu-based cult movements ; which if you think about it, it is not an explosion it is a normal thing to do when something new like that comes into to an area. ...

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Throughout history and regardless of culture, the cross has consistently held tremendous spiritual significance, having appeared in a mystical context among the "Aztecs, Mayans, American Indians, Romans, Greeks, Africans, Christians, Cro-Magnons, and Egyptians." ... Various religions in history, predominately in Asia, promoted sexual activities, often practiced by the gods themselves, among believers. ...

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