An Update on the Ethical Breadth of the Human Rights Concept

IF 1.3 Q3 ETHICS Asian Bioethics Review Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI:10.1007/s41649-024-00288-3

Steven B. Rothman, Karina Dyliaeva, Nader Ghotbi

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) approved by the United Nations (UN) in 1948 includes the most widely accepted list of individual rights all over the world. Although it has been a catalyst in the pursuit of a universal ethic for human rights, it has not been updated for over 75 years during which significant progress has been made in the recognition of more human rights. It is time to examine whether the current global society aspires for more/other human rights that are not reflected in previous declarations. We offer a review of literature on the potential areas that human rights may be extended to in the current sociocultural atmosphere and share the results of a survey at an international university in Japan which examines the views of 232 young Asian students from Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Indonesia, etc. regarding the human rights declaration items and their implications, as well as new hypothetical items that they would like to see recognized as human rights. The results demonstrate stronger support for 15 out of the 21 surveyed items by all respondents, as well as stronger support for 10 out of the 21 items by female respondents. These results suggest a variable expansion in the breadth of the human rights concept which is worthy of further research. Also, gender inequality may be the basis for the stronger support of certain human rights by female respondents.

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联合国（UN）于 1948 年批准的《世界人权宣言》（UDHR）列出了全世界最广泛接受的个人权利清单。尽管它在追求普遍人权伦理方面发挥了催化剂的作用，但 75 年多来一直没有更新，而在此期间，在承认更多人权方面取得了重大进展。现在是审查当前全球社会是否渴望更多/其他人权的时候了，这些人权在以前的宣言中没有得到体现。我们回顾了有关在当前社会文化氛围下人权可能扩展的领域的文献，并分享了在日本一所国际大学进行的一项调查的结果，该调查研究了来自日本、韩国、越南、泰国、中国、印度尼西亚等国的 232 名亚洲青年学生对人权宣言项目及其影响的看法，以及他们希望被承认为人权的新的假设项目。结果表明，在 21 个调查项目中，所有受访者对其中 15 个项目的支持度较高，而在 21 个调查项目中，女性受访者对其中 10 个项目的支持度较高。这些结果表明，人权概念的广度在不断扩大，值得进一步研究。此外，性别不平等也可能是女性受访者更支持某些人权的原因。

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期刊介绍： Asian Bioethics Review (ABR) is an international academic journal, based in Asia, providing a forum to express and exchange original ideas on all aspects of bioethics, especially those relevant to the region. Published quarterly, the journal seeks to promote collaborative research among scholars in Asia or with an interest in Asia, as well as multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary bioethical studies more generally. It will appeal to all working on bioethical issues in biomedicine, healthcare, caregiving and patient support, genetics, law and governance, health systems and policy, science studies and research. ABR provides analyses, perspectives and insights into new approaches in bioethics, recent changes in biomedical law and policy, developments in capacity building and professional training, and voices or essays from a student’s perspective. The journal includes articles, research studies, target articles, case evaluations and commentaries. It also publishes book reviews and correspondence to the editor. ABR welcomes original papers from all countries, particularly those that relate to Asia. ABR is the flagship publication of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The Centre for Biomedical Ethics is a collaborating centre on bioethics of the World Health Organization.