INTL 1100 Lecture 9: Week 9 Lecture Notes
13 Mar 2017
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Understand the basics of human rights: where they come from, how they develop, why they matter. All of the rights, freedoms, liberties you have as an individual by virtue of being a human being: un declaration on human rights. Is non-binding even if states have signed on to it. Where do they come from: western ideologies, enlightenment thinkers, french revolutionary thinkers, different constitutions, basic religious tenants (buddhism, judaism, islam, christianity, hinduism, etc) Universal: all people have the same rights by nature of being human. Relative: rights are dependent upon cultural and historical factors. What types of issues can this division cause: inconsistent application of rights (china and russia vs. Us: could cause con icts between countries if they have different thoughts on how rights should be applied (relative vs universal) Religion: most major religions share common concepts regarding human dignity. Political and legal philosophy: natural law and natural rights (enlightenment thinkers, voltaire, paine, locke.
