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When Technol ogy and Humani tyCrossH - human beings'U - unequivocalM - meansA - and privilege thatN - need to beR- respectedI - in order toG - gain success for humanityT - today and tomorrow in relation toS- Science and TechnologyWhat are human rights?Human rights are rights inherent to all human be...

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Ahumanr i ght s-appr oacht osc i enc e,t ec hnol ogy ,anddev el opments et st hepar amet er s f ort heappr ai sal ofhowsc i enc e,t ec hnol ogy ,anddevel opmentpr omot ehumanwel l bei ng. Thus ,t hedi sc uss i ononhumanr i ght si nt hef aceoft hechangi ngs ci ent i ficand t ec hnol ogi cal cont ext smus tnots er v easmer el yadecor at i v emor al di mens i onof s ci ent i ficandt echnol ogi cal pol i c i esbutr at hert hev er yhear tofsus t ai nabl ef ut ur es . Humanr i ght sshoul dbei nt egr at edi nt ot hej our neyt owar dt heul t i mat egood.They s houl dgui dehumansnotonl yt oflour i shasi ndi vi dualmember sofsoci et ybutal sot o as si s teac hot heri nflour i shi ngcol l ect i v el yasasoc i et y .Humanr i ght sar er i ght st o sust ai nabi l i t y,asMukher j eeputi t .Theymayf unct i onast he" gol denmean, " par t i cul ar l ybypr ot ect i ngt heweak,poor ,andvul ner abl ef r om defici enci esand excessesofsci enceandt echnol ogy.Byi mposi nguponsci enceandt echnol ogyt he mor al andet hi caldut yt opr ot ec tanduphol dhumanr i ght s,t her ecanbeamor eeffect i v e andsus t ai nabl eappr oac ht obr i dgi ngt hegapbet weenpoorandr i chcount r i esonbot h t angi bl eandi nt angi bl eas pec t s.Ul t i mat el y ,al l t hes ewi l ll eadhumanst oflour i sh t oget hert hr oughs ci enceandt ec hnol ogy .

Summar y I ns ummar y ,t hegoodl i f eent ai l sl i vi ngi naj us tandpr ogr essi v esoc i et ywhosec i t i z ens hav et hef r eedom t oflour i sh.Thehumanper sonhast heaut onomyt omak ec hoi ces whi chmayenabl et hefl our i shi ngofhi s/ hersel fands oc i et y .Tobeabl et oat t ai ns ucha goodl i f e,onemustneedt oex er ci se,andt opr ot ec thi sorherr i ght sf orhumandi gni t yi s t heul t i mat ecor eofman' sexi st ence.Thus,t heUni t edNat i onspr oc l ai medUDHR asa gl obals t andar dt oensur et hatt her i ght sofaper s onar er ecogni z edandappr ec i at edby i ndi vi dual sr egar dl es sofr ace,gender ,r el i gi on,andeducat i on.Al so,what ev er endeav or sonehast oengage,whet hersci ent i ficornotoneneedst oknowt hathuman r i ght smustbepr ot ect edi nt hef aceofchal l engi ngcondi t i ons ....