Re: ANTHRO-L Digest - 17 Apr 1994 to 18 Apr 1994

Niranjan S. Karnik (nkarnik@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU)
Tue, 19 Apr 1994 08:14:52 -0600

>
>D StC asked what a list of universal human rights might look like.
> Not without irony, I offer the following:
>
> 1. Freedom from want
> 2. Freedom from fear
> 3. Freedom to work
>
> Caveat lector,
>
> James G. Carrier


Could we also add (possibly included under Freedom from want) but which I
believe need to be highlighted -

1. Right to shelter
2. Right to food
3. Right of children to play outside

Maybe we should consider how cruel we as a people are to many of our
homeless and hungry citizens.

Niranjan


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