Biopolitics and Human Rights 3501-NZ-M20-1
The aim of the lecture is to present the biopolitical discourse of human rights and to analyze the relationship between biological life (zoe) and socio-political norms (bios). In addition, the lecture will focus on selected aspects related to life-threatening, as well as on sources and ways of norms functioning that ensure people’s safety. The main phenomena discussed during the lecture will be phenomena such as hunger, plague, eugenics, genetic enhancement, genocide, racism or human displacement. These phenomena will be discussed from a biopolitical and ethical perspective, including primarily perspective of human rights in its political, economic and cultural areas.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
Student knows:
K_W02, research methods and argumentative strategies of political philosophy and methods of philosophical text interpretation
K_W04, philosophical terminology in English (at level B2+)
K_W05 the most important new achievements within the scope of political philosophy, theory of human rights and theory of international justice
K_W07 views of the selected leading philosophical author or the current state of research in the field of political philosophy
K_W08, norms constituting and regulating social structures and institutions, as well as sources of these norms, their nature, and ways of influencing human behavior
K_W10, role of philosophical reflection in shaping of political shpere
K_W11, to a deeper extent the relationship between the formation of philosophical ideas and changes in culture, society and the sphere of politics;
Skills:
Student can:
K_U02 determine the degree of significance of ideas for the examined problem or argumentation
K_U03 analyze complex philosophical arguments, identify assumptions, determine logical and argumentative relationships between them
K_U06 creatively and innovatively use philosophical and methodological knowledge in formulating hypotheses and constructing critical arguments
K_U07 precisely formulate philosophical problems orally and in writing;
K_U10 write texts based on independently selected literature, using original, innovative approaches and taking into account new achievements in the field of philosophy
K_U13 search and select information from written and electronic sources, using professional search tools
K_U14 independently acquire knowledge, develop research skills and plan research projects
Competences:
Student is ready to:
K_K01, identify his/her knowledge and skills
K_K02, recognize deficiencies in his/her knowledge and skills and seeking the possibility of removing these deficiencies
K_K04 notice and formulate ethical problems related to one’s own research work and responsibility to colleagues and other members of society, as well as to being active in solving these problems
K_K05 actively participate in social and cultural life; is interested in innovative philosophical concepts in connection with other parts of cultural and social life and encourages the implementation of these concepts
Assessment criteria
Written test
Number of absences: 2
Bibliography
Wybór/Selection:
Agamben, Homo sacer; Arendt, Kondycja ludzka; Foucault, Historia seksualności; Hart, Negri, Imperium; Osiatyński, Prawa człowieka i ich granice; Sussman, Co jest złego w torturach; Orski, granice własnego ciała; Freeman, Prawa człowieka; Szahaj, Relatywizm i fundamentalizm; Lemke,
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