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Article: Human rights in jeopardy: the Pontifical Academy for Social Science debates morality and greed.(FEATURE ARTICLE)
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- June 1, 2009
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Human rights are becoming so politicized in today's world that the concept is losing credibility and is in danger of collapse.
That was the stark warning given at the plenary meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences held at Villa Pia, the academy's ornate home in the Vatican Gardens, from May 4-8, 2009.
In a timely presentation, Janne Haaland-Matlary, professor of international politics at the University of Oslo, explained that because of an absence of agreement in society on what constitutes human nature and how it can be defined, human rights are becoming increasingly vulnerable to political exploitation.
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