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Dec 11, 2024
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PHIL 238 Philosophy of Human Rights (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
Introduces students to the major issues concerning human rights. Are there human rights? Are human rights universal or are they culturally determined? Do future people have rights? Are minority rights exceptions to or different from human rights?
Student Outcomes
1. Compare and contrast classical theories of human rights with modern perspectives of human rights.
2. Explain the difficulty in making claims about human rights.
3. Analyze the problem of evil and evaluate the problem of evil as the basis for disbelief.
4. Compare natural human rights to legal human rights, evaluating the arguments for both.
5. Analyze and evaluate non-western perspectives on human rights.
6. Evaluate and construct arguments for and against the possibility of universal human rights.
7. Evaluate and construct arguments for and against gay, lesbian and women’s rights.
8. Explain the connection between universal human rights and global justice
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