Undergraduate - UnitATS1315 - Human rights theory 2

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (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? What are the rights of children, sexual minorities and people with disabilities, and what challenges have these rights faced in international implemenation?

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.