Uncontacted peoples under attack in Peru.

[The Dharma Bum]

[The Dharma Bum]

Also I am pretty sure that Canada is has plenty of it's own aboriginals to mistreat to keep you busy for a while.

[exploited]

Sonned.

Well played

[The Dharma Bum]

[eynon81]

[WizardfromOz]

It is a terribly vexed question what to do with and for these people. Clearly we have an obligation to respect their desires and allow them their self determination. On the other had it is sad to see them die from the simplest medical issues. Perhaps we could send an anthropologist, come up with a process where by they can contact us if they need and let them know what medical assistance we can offer and leave it at that.

I can see how the contacted tribes would look down on them. They have technology progress and all that good stuff, they (in their minds) would want to be set aside from these savages living deep in the forest. Sad I know but the human condition can be horribly consistent at times.

[exploited]

I think this issue presents a very interesting moral dilemma.

Given the state these people live in, it is obvious that there is no justice system to speak of, or at least one we would recognize. Justice would be handled on a community level, and although that has its perks, it is also easily abused, especially in a society with a heavy dose of traditionalism.

If the punishments dished out to criminals are exceedingly cruel, or people are being punished without any mechanism for establishing guilt, does modern society have any obligation to correct this? Or do human rights end when the jungle begins?

[J.K. Gregg]

[exploited]

[WizardfromOz]

I know in some juridical situations in Australia, Aboriginals can choose to either be tried by White law or Tribal. So possibly the answer is to give them an option - Assuming of course we are going to interfere in the first place.