STS: WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY CROSS Flashcards
- Inevitable part of society
Technology
According to ____, The Goodlife entails living in a just and progressive society whose citizens have freedom to flourish. The human person has the autonomy to make choices
Rome Mukherjee,
- Milestone document in the history of human rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights ti be universally protected
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Global standard of fundamental human rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- Has a long blood history since it was crafted after WWII and it now serves as a common understanding of what each person’s fundamental rights are
UDHR
these rights apply to everyone, everywhere. Knowledge on this is important to prevent injustice and oppression.
UDHR
Participate in Cultural life
Article 27
Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefit
article 27
Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
article 27
Affirms all advances in scientific and technological knowledge should slowly be geared toward the welfare of the global citizens
UNESCO Recommendation on the statues of scientific researchers Article 24
Calls upon the member states to develop necessary protocols and policies to monitor and secures its objectives
UNESCO Recommendation on the statues of scientific researchers Article 24
Ensure a just and human society
UNESCO Recommendation on the statues of scientific researchers Article 24
All levels of government and private sector should provide:
Enhancement support for building up an adequate and evenly distributed scientific and technological capacity through appropriate education and research programs and an indispensable foundation of economic, social cultural, and environmentally sound environment
UNESCO Declaration on the use of scientific knowledge - 1999( Article 33)
- Empowering people to know and claim their rights and increasing the ability and accountability of individuals and institutions who are responsible for respecting, protecting and fulfilling rights
Human rights based approach