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Two Cheers for Human Rights
John Gray gives only two cheers for human rights. Rather than imposing them like a religious creed, he says we should see them as useful devices that quite often don't work.
John Gray gives only two cheers for human rights. We are in danger, he argues, of turning them into a "comforting dogma through which we try to escape the painful dilemmas of war and politics."
"Rather than thinking of rights as a militant creed that can deliver the world from its conflicts, we should recognise rights for what they are - useful devices that quite often don't work.".
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Sun 29 Dec 2013
08:48
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | John Gray |
| Producer | Sheila Cook |
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- Fri 27 Dec 2013 20:50大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 29 Dec 2013 08:48大象传媒 Radio 4
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