HUMAN RIGHTS: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

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GIORGIA AGATA COSTANZO - Modulo HUMAN RIGHTS: A HISTORICAL APPROACH - SPS/02 - 6 CFU
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HUMAN RIGHTS: A HISTORICAL APPROACH
 ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1History of Human Rights or Human Rights in HistoryS. Moyn/ M.Ishay 
2Natural Law and Natural RightsJ. Finnis 
3Hugo Grotius: Human Nature and the Ethics of War R. Tuck 
4Thomas Hobbes, the right to life and the Responsibility to ProtectR. Tuck 
5John Locke and the right to bear armsEssay of M. Tunick 
6Human Rights and the Enlightment:Declaring RightsM. Ishay/L. Hunt 
7The French Revolution and Human Rights L. Hunt 
8Olympe De Gouge's Declaration of the Rights of WomanL. Hunt 
9Declaring Rights in America: The U.S Bill of RightsL. Hunt 
10The world wars and the search for new solutions: the UDHRL. Hunt 
11Human Rights as the last Utopia?S. Moyn 
HUMAN RIGHTS: A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH
 ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1The philosophical foundations of human rights. The contemporary debateCruft Liao Renzo Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights  
2Pluralist FoundationsTasioulas, John, ''On the Foundations of Human Rights'' in Cruft R., Liao S. M., and Renzo M. (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. Oxford: 2015, p.45-70. 
3Political FoundationsRaz, Joseph, “Human Rights Without Foundations”, The Philosophy of International Law (henceforth PIL), OUP, 2010: 321-337 
4Human Rights and International LawBuchanan, A. "Why International Legal Human Rights? “The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. An Overview”, in Cruft R., Liao S. M., and Renzo M. (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. Oxford: 2015, p.244-262. 
5Human Dignity and Human rightsWaldron, J., "Is Dignity the Foundation of Human Rights?"  
6Human Dignity and Human rightsSimmons, J. "Human Rights, Natural Rights, Human Dignity" 
7Democracy, Equality and Human RightsBuchanan, Allen, “The Egalitarianism of Human Rights”, Ethics, Vol. 120, No. 4 (July 2010), pp. 679-710. 
8Democracy, Equality and Human RightsCristiano, Thomas “Self-Determination and the Human Right to Democracy” in Cruft R., Liao S. M., and Renzo M. (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. Oxford: 2015, p.459-480. 
9Democracy, Equality and Human RightsPeter, Fabienne, “A Human Rights to Democracy?”, in Cruft R., Liao S. M., and Renzo M. (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. Oxford: 2015, p.481-491. 
10Universalism and Pluralism: the Asian and the Islamic ChallengesLi, Xiarong “Asian Values and the Universality of Human Rights” PHR, p.397-408 
11Universalism and Pluralism: the Asian and the Islamic ChallengesAn-Nai’im, Abdullahi A., “Human Rights in the Muslim World”, PHR, p.315-334 
12Right to Intervention and Responsibility to Protect“The Responsibility to Protect”, available on line (http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/ICISS%20Report.pdf). In particular p. 1-55. 
13The Feminist Critique: Are Human Rights Patriarchal? Held, Virginia Care and Human Rights? in Cruft R., Liao S. M., and Renzo M. (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. Oxford: 2015, p.624-641 
14The Feminist Critique: Are Human Rights Patriarchal? Mendus, Susan Care and Human Rights. A Reply to Virginia Held, in Cruft R., Liao S. M., and Renzo M. (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. Oxford: 2015, p.642-652 


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