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Syllabus |
1. What is ethics?
2. Meta-ethics and normative ethics - deontological, teleological theories (consequentialism, utilitarianism, consequentialism of the rules), ethics of virtues.
3. Historical analysis of the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789)
4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Protocols
6. American and European Conventions on Human Rights
7. European Court of Human Rights
8. Relevant Portuguese legislation in the area of Human Rights
9. NGOs and human rights
10. Criticism directed at human rights
11. Ethics and politics - the problem of ethics for the public space > 1. What is ethics?
2. Meta-ethics and normative ethics - deontological, teleological theories (consequentialism, utilitarianism, consequentialism of the rules), ethics of virtues.
3. Historical analysis of the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789)
4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Protocols
6. American and European Conventions on Human Rights
7. European Court of Human Rights
8. Relevant Portuguese legislation in the area of Human Rights
9. NGOs and human rights
10. Criticism directed at human rights
11. Ethics and politics - the problem of ethics for the public space
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Main Bibliography |
Required reading:
CLAPHAM, A., Human Rights – A Very Short Introduction. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
DONNELLY, J. Universal Human Rights – In Theory & Practice (2nd edition) (Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2003)
FAGAN, A., Human Rights: Confronting Myths and Misunderstandings. (Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2009)
HAYDEN, P., LANSFORD, T. (Edts.), Politics and Ethics in Review (NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2005)
THOMPSON, D. F., Political Ethics and Public Office (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1987)
Recommended reading:
OREND, B., Human Rights: Concept and Context (Ontário: Broadview, 2002)
POLLIS, A. & SCHWAB, P. (Edts), Human Rights – New Perspectives, New Realities. (Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000)
TRINDADE, J. L., História Social dos Direitos Humanos (2ª edição) (S. Paulo: Peirópolis, 2002). > Required reading:
CLAPHAM, A., Human Rights – A Very Short Introduction. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
DONNELLY, J. Universal Human Rights – In Theory & Practice (2nd edition) (Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2003)
FAGAN, A., Human Rights: Confronting Myths and Misunderstandings. (Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2009)
HAYDEN, P., LANSFORD, T. (Edts.), Politics and Ethics in Review (NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2005)
THOMPSON, D. F., Political Ethics and Public Office (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1987)
Recommended reading:
OREND, B., Human Rights: Concept and Context (Ontário: Broadview, 2002)
POLLIS, A. & SCHWAB, P. (Edts), Human Rights – New Perspectives, New Realities. (Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000)
TRINDADE, J. L., História Social dos Direitos Humanos (2ª edição) (S. Paulo: Peirópolis, 2002).
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