PHIL 338:  Philosophy of Human Rights

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

SYLLABUS

READING ASSIGNMENTS

 

          The following reading assignment is in both the optional Talbott text and the optional Volume 2 of the course reader.  In addition, it is available on Electronic Reserve.  Click on it to link to Electronic Reserve:  Chapters 1-2 of Talbott's "Which Rights Should Be Universal?" (the first reading assignment for the course).

 

MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS

FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS

 

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Homework Assignment #1.  Due in class on Wed. Oct. 1.

Homework Assignment #2.  Due in class on Wed. Oct. 8.

Homework Assignment #3 to be posted on the GoPost site by midnight on Tuesday Oct. 14.  

          Click on the link for your section below to access the GoPost site and submit your assignment:

          Section AA GoPost

          Section AB GoPost

          Section AE GoPost

          Section AF GoPost

Homework Assignment #4.  Due in class on FRIDAY, NOV. 7.

 

FINAL PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Final Project Peer Review Checklist (Research Papers)

Click on the link for your section below to access PEER REVIEW:

          Section AA Peer Review

          Section AB Peer Review

          Section AE Peer Review

          Section AF Peer Review

 

 

STUDY QUESTIONS AND TRANSPARENCIES:

·        Introduction

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Feinberg, Cranston, Shue, Sen, and Nussbaum

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Theories of Rights

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Moral Relativism and Moral Universality

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Women's Rights

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Feminist Criticisms

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Group Rights

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Rights Against Discrimination on the Basis of Gender and Sexual Expression

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        International Enforcement

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

·        Consideration of Objections and Conclusion

          Study Questions

          Transparencies

           

 

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