2019-2020 Catalog

IS 357 Human Rights in Comparative Perspective

This course will view human rights within a broad societal context. The course will focus on the different conceptions of human rights prevailing in the world today. Ideological, cultural, political and economic factors will be investigated as determinants of the varying notions of rights. Major controversies such as civil and political vs. economic and social rights, universalism vs. cultural relativism, and individual vs. group rights will be examined in detail.  Considerations will be given to recent efforts to recast the foundations of human rights in a “truly” universal human rights doctrine.  

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

Same as PHR 357

Prerequisite

WRIT 102 or WRIT 201 & IS 109 or permission of department