Moral grounds and plural cultures: Interpreting human rights in the international community

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 271-282

  Twiss, Sumner B ^a  

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Author keywords

Human rights; Intercultural intracultural justifications; Theory neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044465567     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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