>>23
Firstly, you are highly paranoid about looking at things a certain way, and this is causing you to blinded, and not me. I think you completely miss the point of what human rights are. Human rights, in fact, exist because NO SOCIETY CAN HOLD WITHOUT THEM. Again, think about a society that doesn't hold any right to life. In such a society, everyone would be suspicious of everyone else, and be frightened that their neighbor might end up killing one who lives in that society -- and so society would never exist, it would be impossible for anyone to communicate to each other without believing they could be killed at any moment. Or think about a society which doesn't hold telling the truth very highly. Anything anyone says could potentially be a lie, so again, you have the same problem -- society can't exist, because people won't be able to communicate to each other. This is the basis of ethical theory. This means that there are going to be certain things that people will value in all societies, because, in fact, society cannot exist without people valuing them.
What does this mean for human rights? It means that any philosophy, in order to be consistent, one must define what a human being is, and what rights are allowed to human beings. Yes, you are right that certain societies did not give rights to every human being -- but, then, the people who didn't have rights would not be considered human beings. They would be barbarians or slaves or whatever, but not human beings. Of course, in our day and age, our criteria for being human is vastly different -- but that does NOT mean a society does not believe in human rights. Every society does, because in order for a society to exist, rights must be given to everyone in that society in order for people to cooperate safely.
Way to be a fucking tool of the liberal agenda. Do you seriously think you're being "progressive" and "open-minded" by saying that this big bad western society is not the only one that exists? You think you're breaking down barriers, opening people's minds? Hahahaha. You're not doing anything but spouting bullshit about things you have no idea about. You're right, western thought is NOT the only thinking out there, but there is a basis for ALL ideas between societies. They will all have the same basic structure, just like all houses have the same basic structure, because they all have the same basic function.