The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been around for seventy years more of less: is it time for a revision?
It is what it is. It has shortcomings. First the free loaders and abusers. Each right produces obligations which are severely being ignored. Then there are items which were assumed, but it is apparent that these need to be stated, and the logic laid out.
A current world view needs to be understood. First, there is no duty toward others, only a weak should help iff (if and mean temperature if) there is no risk to one's self, and the cost is reasonable. We live in a world that has more people and activity that the atmosphere recovery system can support. Evidence the Co2 level, ocean acidification, inability to fix calcium at those lower ph levels, man produced carbon dioxide off gassing, combined with mean temperature rise. We need a human compatible environment to flourish in.
The truth, and access to true knowledge, and the right of the young to be liberated from stone age religions, myths, lies, combined with parental dominated education, or more correctly the lack or education, religious indoctrination being considered as education, condemns the children to everlasting ignorance. Truth, evidence based knowledge, definition of human duties and obligations are all needed, but they cannot overstate the biological imperatives. We need not be concerned about humans beyond our circle of concern.
Canada cannot save everybody. We, too, are overpopulated, and we require heat if we are to survive winters in Canada. Those who cannot produce should seek alternate safe space elsewhere. If none is available, the world is overpopulated. Oh well.
Colonization must be stopped, as must cultural and social domination. The career choices, often cultural/social limited, are entitled to the economics and the life quality those choices generate. Those who chose to live stone age or hunter gather or religious are entitled to do so, but science truths must be available to lift those out of the despair they so often find themselves in. There is no duty to help those who do not want to make the necessary changes to succeed in modern times.
Our human environment is becoming more hostile to human life. We need to reduce population, and hence limit to family size is warranted world wide. We have no duty to accept invaders, nor individuals "emigrating". We are in over population situation, and it is up to each group to control their population. One issue per person is enough.
More study and flushing/fleshing out of these ideas will be required.
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