of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Children and Adolescents Health research center, Research institute of cellular and Molecular Science in Infectious Diseases, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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The humanity of man lies in his self-willed movement towards the other. Such a movement necessarily results in a better future in turning away from self-harm and otherness. In the contemporary era, the unilateral US sanctions against the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran did not remain only in the realm of politics and power, but at least Western publications and publishers, in line with local politics, have taken an unfair approach by rejecting requests and not accepting Iranian articles. In this article, by referring to the critique of practical reason by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and the communicative reason by Jürgen Habermas (1929), we will use the capacity of universal reason written in the articles of human rights to correct the encounter with the other. Arguments based on rationality will serve as a mirror to see more clearly the role of individuals and groups in social and political relations. In this way, based on a kind of critical analysis, the crisis-causing foundations of the non-confrontational approach of Western publishers are emphasized. Furthermore, the conclusion of the article, beyond the discussed case, questions the conflicting encounters with participatory and ethical values and reveals their problematic points.