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What is the specific stance of Alsdair from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in terms of universality?

Nicolás Delgado While not explicitly mentioned in the book, MacIntyre goes to mention that documents such as that are children to the Enlightenment project of justify…moreWhile not explicitly mentioned in the book, MacIntyre goes to mention that documents such as that are children to the Enlightenment project of justifying morality outside a teleological framework. He explicitly states this project is doomed to failure. This is in accordance with his general rejection of human rights theory as currently understood. On this subject, I recomend Nonsense On Stilts, a collection of essays from Bentham, Burke and Marx on human rights. These thinkers represent vastly distant traditions, but agree on rejecting them. Cheers.(less)

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