PHIL1160 Lecture Notes - The New Jim Crow, Alien Tort Statute, Distributive Justice
12 Mar 2014
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Un declaration of rights: universal call for justice. Un declaration on human rights: principles, personal liberties, individual associative rights, spiritual liberties, economic/cultural/social rights, individual community rights. 1948- uhdr- first framework to undermine sovereignty: human being transcend political institutions, relativizing of the state, sovereignty not exclusive, political and civil rights: right to be left alone. Ignatief, michael, attack on human rights: american exceptionalism: problem if you believe in the responsibility to protect/enforce/respond to hr, obvious power- moral authority, ethical argument- personal responsibility. 3 elements to exceptionalism: 1) sign treaties and covenants, exempt ourselves through non-ratification, explicit exemption, or noncompliance, limited applicability; 2) rise of. Islam (extremist)- non-secular democratic rule not protecting individual rights; 3) east. 3 strike rule: go away for life- not rational nor reasonable. Alexander, the new jim crow: history of slavery post-reconstruction, race is targeted by the justice system, war on drugs, separate but unequal, political/social silence.
