Examples Of Universal Values

It is such as provocative topic to discuss about the universal values. If I were to be asked whether I believe or not that the universal values exist, I would say I strongly believe that the universal values do exist. As the world is increasing globalized, all states are closely connected and inter-dependent. In this arena all states are working closely with one another, and the actions of one side of the world have influences on another side of world. Therefore, all states should share the same norms and set common goals. To promote peace and understand between states in this age of globalization, I strongly believe that the authoritarian states should learn and adopt some norms such as respecting individual rights and promoting freedom from

In addition, he reflected this same idea in his essay entitled “Democracy and its Global Root: Why Democratization Is Not the Same as Westernization”. He acknowledges that democracy is originated in ancient Greece, specifically in Athens, where the practice of voting and elections was adopted, in the fifth century B.C.E.

Although the practice of democracy have happened a very long time ago, Amartya admits that the idea of democracy as a universal commitment is quite new, and there are also a number of challenges to the claim that democracy should be considered as a universal value. However, he strongly believes that democracy has become dominant in the contemporary world even though it is not yet universally practiced, nor uniformly accepted, and he mentions that democratic governance has now achieved the status of being taken to be generally

For example, in Amartya’s argument on the universal value of democracy, he discusses the belief of the “Lee Hypothesis”, whose idea claims that non-democratic systems are better at bringing about economic development and economic equality than the democratic ones. In this regards, Amartya also discusses about the relationship between democracy and development. He argues that the “Lee Hypothesis” is based on very selective and limited information. He admits that some authoritarian states like Singapore, China and South Korea have had faster economic growth rates compared to many other less authoritarian states such as Jamaica, India and Costa Rica. However, he challenged that this very narrow and selective evidence cannot be used to create a general assumption that non-democratic governments are better at bringing about economic