Undergraduate - UnitATS1315 - Human rights theory 2

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Philosophy
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Robert Simpson

Notes

Previously coded HRY1020

Synopsis

This unit investigates a number of current debates that involve human rights that have implications for recent political controversies. For instance: do cultural and religious minorities have special claims to group rights? Can group rights be reconciled with the individualist basis of human rights-thinking? Do the expanding rights of children conflict with the rights of parents to exercise parental authority? Does human rights-discourse create a culture of litigiousness and selfishness? If we ascribe rights to groups to maintain the existence of their culture, does this conflict with our duties to receive refugees?

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this subject should have developed:

Mastery of the content of several key controversies surrounding human rights.
Improved writing skills.
Improved oral communication skills.
Familiarity with central positions in philosophical accounts of the justification and explanation of human rights.
Skills to assist them to conduct independent research in human rights topics.