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I. Thesis: Apartheid has caused South Africans to misunderstand the law's role in defining and protecting human rights, but through empathy, South Africans may gain the trust, initiative, and comprehension essential to creating and maintaining an ideal community.
II. The absence of empathy in South Africa increases division between ethnic groups and mistrust between society and law.
A. Empathy connects and builds relationships between people, events, and law.
1. If empathy is not present, as in South Africa, it destroys relationships.
B. Apartheid encouraged categorization and the diminishment of equality, therefore eliminating empathy and blinding South African people to others’ humanity.
C. A healthy South African society is possible, but …show more content…

As revealed in Gibson’s studies, the majority of South Africans disapprove rule of law because they believe it is intended to control and harm citizens, rather than preserve human rights and reflect the ideas of the people.
B. Universalism, a key component of rule of law, expresses that for government to function properly, it must be universally obeyed.
1. South Africans are unlikely to commit to universalism.
IV. Values essential to human rights include support for rule of law, political tolerance, rights consciousness, support for due process, commitment to individual freedom, and commitment to democratic institutions and processes.
A. South Africans’ lack of political tolerance is due to their fear of another large abuse of power such as in apartheid.
B. South Africans do not trust legal procedures, and thus do not trust due process.
C. South Africans do support ‘commitment to individual freedom’.
1. By not approving of rule of law or universalism, South Africans believe they are fighting for their liberties.
2. While the current government and society in South Africa may actually be structured for the majority’s benefit, apartheid has created divide, unease, and severe mistrust. For South Africans, preserving human rights means preserving

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