Human Rights and Culture Smehra
Cultures should have complete autonomy over the practices occurring within them.
We live in a world where the word 'culture' has come to mean one of two things. In the literal sense of the word, when we say that someone is 'cultured' we tend to mean that they are intellectual and knowledgeable in the arts. From a social stand-point, 'culture' has come to define the differences between people, rather than the being its true nature in bringing people together.
For example, since the tragedy of 9/11, people from Middle Eastern cultures have felt that they have become more vulnerable in society. This sort of vulnerability stems from ignorance and lack of education in world cultures which, beyond a cultural inequality in society, has also led to a misjudgment that cultures that do not agree with our own, or the 'moral majority' should be stripped of their autonomy or else face harsh consequences for their 'disobedience'.
The world is a large melting pot of cultures, languages and beliefs that weave together to form the human race. It is not only necessary that people be allowed to choose their own belief system, it is also important that individuals should be allowed to practice the customs and traditions of their culture without feeling pressurized by western cultures into eventual extinction. It is unreasonable to believe that a culture should be governed from someone, or some group outside of the culture. In its simplicity, someone not associated or familiar with a culture would have very little persuasion amongst those in the culture, let alone have no knowledge on what to found moral and ethical courses of action within the culture.
For example, someone visiting Thailand may enjoy the...
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