48: China, Uyghurs, & Human Rights vs Utilitarianism
Rethinking Politics
English - July 01, 2021 20:53 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBGovernment News Politics Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For several years the government of China has had internment camps in which they have incarcerated over one million of the Uyghur people without those people committing any crime. This has resulted in an international debate about the nature of Human Rights and what governments are justified in doing for the greater good. So we take this chance to look at what happens when Human Rights and Utilitarianism goes head to head.
Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod
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