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Revision as of 13:50, 8 September 2014
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration,
without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 2
There are three ways in which the human rights are universal:
- 1. They are for everyone. (Universalism as idealism, Human Rights as equality for all.)
- 2. They are widely accepted. (Universalism as legal positivism, Human Rights as legal rights.)
- 3. They express universal morality. (Universalism as natural rights, Human Rights as natural rights.)
