First, what he represented as "Western" and described as an “anthropocentric” perspective on human rights is only the perspective of those who either deny the existence of God or regard it as unrelated to human affairs. No one who is properly described as a “Jew” or a “Christian” shares this “anthropocentric” perspective, and-since. Jews and Christians form a significant segment of the Western world-it is unwarranted to make such sweeping generalizations regarding the Western perspective.