ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that the basic doctrine of human rights was originally formulated to be, is, and of right ought to remain, simple. It shows that Great Britain's political strength and economic and naval pre-eminence were crucial conditions of her capacity to carry out a successful interventionist human rights campaign against the slave trade. The book also argues that the most effective aspect of Jimmy Carter's human rights campaign arguably lay in its focusing world attention on Soviet domestic abuses of human rights. It considers the clearly Western character displayed in the human rights aspects of the Helsinki document to be a definite boon, aims to articulate a human rights policy as free as possible of specifically Western, liberal, capitalist elements.
