Discuss the way that this cosmopolitan principle implies

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Describe in detail the cosmopolitan principle, which Rorty defends, that the list of rights that a society should uphold depends on what is needed for that society to make progress improving the lives of everyone in that society. Discuss the way that this cosmopolitan principle implies that there may NOT be a list of basic rights that has to be the same for every country.

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