The Founding Fathers and the Roots of Liberalism
Michael Kumpmann examines the roots of liberalism, its connection to the American Founding Fathers, and the ongoing debate over human rights and societal responsibilities.
Michael Kumpmann examines the roots of liberalism, its connection to the American Founding Fathers, and the ongoing debate over human rights and societal responsibilities.
December 10 marked 75 years since the UN Declaration of Human Rights. In this regard, many media write about this topic in a variety of contexts such as achievements, violations, historical upheavals and connections with specific cases. Since recently the image of Russia has been deliberately demonized, it is necessary to take a closer look at human rights in Russia and, by all means, the general neoliberal paradigm of the West that interprets human rights in its own way.
It is now well known that many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an important role in collecting and disseminating facts about alleged human rights violations. Financial institutions and organizations such as the United Nations rely heavily on data on human rights violations provided by NGOs.
The US organisation Freedom House recently published its latest report on the state of civil liberties around the world.
“While journalist police try to replace engaged intellectuals, the hunt for the heretic, on the basis of absolute media consensus, has been substituted for critical discussion and polemical argumentation.