TRS 733D Human Rights: Religious and Ethical Perspectives
The course is an inquiry into central quandaries in the theory and practice of human rights. Topics include the conceptual character of rights language, the historical relationship of human rights to natural rights and natural law, the universality and/or relativity of human rights, the relation between religion and human rights, the problem of conflicting rights claims, and the justification of humanitarian intervention. Selected case studies will be examined.