whatever you think that means, and these concepts can be radically different, no nation in another civilization is or will ever be in a position to closely emulate it.
Many people rightly detest the concept of foreign nation building, and see that human rights is also a way of attacking other regimes for other political reasons. They believe that if we only got our own house in order, that that would be the best thing we could do for the world, to be a shining example for all others everywhere. I think Professor Kaiser tends in this direction; maybe I am wrong.
Unfortunately, even this more moderate ideal is doomed to abject failure, both because it is utopian with regard to our real possibilities domestically, and because it ignores cultural and civilizational differences which cannot be overcome by trying to set an example of that kind.
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