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'''Universality''' is the quality ascribed to in existence throughout the universe. In philosophy, '''universalism''' is a doctrine or school in which it is claimed that universal facts can be discovered and which is understood then as being in opposition to [[relativism]]. When used in the context of ethics, the meaning of ''universal'' refers to that which is true for "all similarly situated individuals". [http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/u.htm]  [[Rights]], for example in [[natural rights]], or in the 1789 [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]], for those heavily influenced by the philosophy of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] and its conception of a [[human nature]], could be considered as universal. The 1948 [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] is inspired by such principles.

'''Universality''' is the quality ascribed to in existence throughout the universe. In philosophy, '''universalism''' is a doctrine or school in which it is claimed that universal facts can be discovered and which is understood then as being in opposition to [[relativism]]. When used in the context of ethics, the meaning of ''universal'' refers to that which is true for "all similarly situated individuals". [http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/u.htm]  [[Rights]], for example in [[natural rights]], or in the 1789 [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]], for those heavily influenced by the philosophy of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] and its conception of a [[human nature]], could be considered as universal. The 1948 [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] is inspired by such principles.