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Course Info for PHIL - 246 - 01, Spring 2022
Class number: 2887 Title: Hum Rgts: Phil Foundations Department: Philosophy
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 29 Current enrollment: 25 Available seats: 4
Start date: Monday, January 31, 2022 End date: Monday, May 16, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: WF: 10:00AM-11:15AM, MC - AUD Instructor(s): Marcano, Donna-Dale
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements
Course Description:
This course will survey and critically assess arguments in favor of the existence of human rights, arguments about the legitimate scope of such rights (who has human rights and against whom such rights can legitimately be claimed), and arguments about which rights ought to be included in any complete account of human rights. Specific topics will include (but not necessarily be limited to) the philosophical history of human rights discourse, cultural relativist attacks on the universality of human rights, debates concerning the rights of cultural minorities to self-determination, and controversies concerning whether human rights should include economic and social rights.