This course introduces students to some of the major issues concerning human rights. Sample topics include: Are there such things as human rights? Are human rights universal or are they culturally relative? Are minority rights exceptions to or different from human rights? Do future people have rights?
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to...
1. Demonstrate command of important philosophical terminology, themes, and arguments related to the nature of rights and their expression.
2. State and evaluate non-trivial theories and arguments related to human rights.
3. Recognize the dominance of Eurocentric philosophical perspectives.
4. Evaluate the suppression or denigration of minority and indigenous philosophical perspectives.