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The document discusses the concept of human dignity from several perspectives: 1) It is recognized in the preamble of international agreements like the UN charter and the EU charter of fundamental rights as the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace. 2) It is defined as the intrinsic and absolute value of all human beings. 3) The concept has been criticized as being ambiguous, anthropocentric, ethnocentric, and sometimes useless for addressing modern ethical issues. However, it remains a core philosophical framework for understanding human rights and political order.
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The document discusses the key principles of social justice, including that a just society ensures all individuals and organizations receive what they are due according to their nature. Social justice rejects systems that value only profit and requires respect for each person. Working for social justice means eradicating poverty and creating a more compassionate world. Key aspects of social justice are upholding human dignity, respecting individuals' basic rights and needs, and promoting the rights and development of all nations and peoples, especially the poor.
Human sexuality
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Intergration and Transformation: Sexuality and Spirituality
This document discusses the intersection of sexuality and spirituality. It addresses topics like embodied spirituality, grace experienced through the senses, love at the core of human existence, and participation in mystery. It suggests that spiritual directors need to engage with the sexual aspects of those they counsel and be open to diverse sexual experiences. The document provides questions for spiritual directors to consider regarding their clients' sexuality and ensuring they hold healthy views of embodied love for all people.
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Human Rights /
Humans as Political Beings
Lecture 2.4
Natural Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights
So far, in this unit of the course, the notion of
“rights” has come up several times. Both Hobbes,
Locke, and Mills discuss rights in some way.
As you may recall, Hobbes defines right as a type of
liberty, the freedom to do something without
impediment. Both Hobbes and Locke believe that
humans have natural rights, that is inherent
freedoms that they are endowed with by nature. In
other words, because humans and the world are
they way they are, humans come with pre-given
rights. For Hobbes the principle right held by
humans was to do whatever it takes to survive. For
Locke it was to defend one’s property (including
one’s life).
For Hobbes, when humans enter a social contract
and form a government with laws, they give up
their natural rights. For Locke, the institution of
government provides a way of guaranteeing one’s
natural rights by codifying those rights into law. When
a sovereign power establishes rights for its citizens
and laws for protecting those rights, we get civil
rights.
Natural rights apply in the state of nature while civil
rights apply in civilization. Human rights refer to
those rights which humans hold simply because they
are human. Such rights are closer in kind to natural
rights, but are often reflected in civil rights.
The notion of human rights gets invoked frequently in
discussions of violations of human dignity and ethics.
But where do human rights come from? Are they
real? Who guarantees them? How effective are
they in protecting vulnerable people? Do
other-than-human beings have rights, too?
Amartya Sen, 1933 -
Sen was born in West Bengal India in 1933. He
received is B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Economics at
Trinity College in Cambridge, England. His research
has included topics such as social choice theory,
economic theory, ethics and political philosophy,
welfare economics, theory of measurement,
decision theory, development economics, public
health, and gender studies. His interest in global
welfare and human rights was partly inspired by his
experience of witnessing famine in India.
Sen has served on various economic advisory
boards including the American Economic
Association. He has also received numerous awards
for his work, the most prestigious of which was the
Nobel Prize in economics.
Sen currently teaches at Harvard University.
Hannah Arendt,
1906-1975
Arendt was born in Linden, Germany in 1906 to a Jewish
family. She studied under the German philosophers
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1. Was Hannah Arendt just in her claims against the treatment of A. Eichmann? Given state boundaries, what are the utilities and difficulties of the ICC and ICJ today. Explain using specific examples.
2. To start, is cosmopolitanism achievable? If so, what are some empirical examples of its existence today? Whether it is possible or not, is cosmopolitanism a favorable outcome or does individual state sovereignty provide some benefits?
3. Is cultural relativism a sufficient argument against the creation of the international body of human rights protection (IHRP) as it exists today? In other words, what is natural (universal) about natural rights?
4. How does Civil Society participate in the practice of IHRP? Give specific examples. )
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Week 1 Discussion
Please, answer ONE of the following.
1.) Which of the Human Rights Acts do you find the most important? Please explain.
2.) What is the largest challenge facing international human rights protection today? Has globalization and technology increased awareness and protection? Or, has the development of international trade led to greater levels of exploitation? 250 words
students examples:Steven
In my humble opinion, when talking about the Human Rights Acts, I believe the most important is Article 15. Which states that "1. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. The reason for this is because Nationality, as well as our spiritual beliefs for example, is a part of our identity and our way of being. Our nationality can explain who we are, why we do things, and what we fight for. We our not limited to just a "legal" nationality because of birth, nor can we not be limited to our choices of nationality due to race and religion. This Act gives us a right to be the people that we truly are and express ourselves better.
another exampleslucasI find The Universal Declaration of Human Rights the most important. It laid the modern framework for the liberal west's interpretation of human rights and successfully enabled a century-plus long expansion of human rights that translated into historic levels of freedom of speech, guarantee of liberty, and other fundamental human rights across the world.This ties into the second question - what is the largest challenge facing international human rights protection today. As the world order shifts away from one organized around the west towards a multipolar one organized around different power centers, some of which do not espouse western liberalism and democracy but instead authoritarianism, the continued expansion of human rights is threatened, especially in regards to protecting minorities. This trend goes hand- ...
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Philosophers
- Thomas Hobbes argued that in a state of nature without government, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" due to individuals looking out for their own self-interest. He believed people consented to form societies and cede some rights to a sovereign authority in order to have security and order.
- John Locke believed individuals in a state of nature had natural rights and consented to form governments to better protect those rights from harm, as living without such protection would leave individuals in a state of fear. He advocated for limiting government power to protect individual freedoms.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued people in a state of nature had more freedom and morality,
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