Universität Wien

010022 BA Ethics of Human Rights (2011W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Theologien und Religionswiss.
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 13.10. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 20.10. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 27.10. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 03.11. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 10.11. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 17.11. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 24.11. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 01.12. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 15.12. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 12.01. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 19.01. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 26.01. 14:15 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Human rights are at the basis of present legal systems - nationally they are incorporated in constitutions, internationally they are the backbone of international law. Politically they still carry a great promise, as the so called "Arab spring" showed this year. Their foundation is the belief that each human being independent of his or her race, gender, nationality, religion has an inherent dignity which is to be respected by the state legislation. The first human rights philosophers thought that this dignity is "self-evident". But is that really so? What are the secular and religious foundations of this belief? Is it universal? Are human rights connected with human duties? What is the relationship between the different generations of human rights, liberty rights, social rights and collective rights? Is the observation of human rights in cases of extreme violation to be enforced by the international community (the so-called responsibility to protect)?
These and similar questions will be discussed in this seminar on the basis of English text material. Papers can also be submitted in German.

Assessment and permitted materials

Mitarbeit (Referat, Diskussionen) im Seminar und Seminararbeit.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Conor A. Gearty, Can human rights survive, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Lynn Hunt, Inventing human rights. A history, New York 2008.

A list with relevant literature will be distributed at the seminar.

Association in the course directory

D31 für 011 (08W, 11W), BAM für 033 193 (08W, 11W), Fächerkontingentseminar 4 oder (freies) Wahlfach für 011 (02W), 012 (02W) und 020

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