- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
International Ethics and Human Rights 3501-EMPC18-S-BE-OG
The main aim of the course is to present and discuss philosophical problems concerning the idea of human rights in the area of politics, law and ethics. These issues will be analyzed not only in a domestic but also in an international context, because it is almost impossible to discuss problems like health or medical standards in a more and more globalized world. Range of human rights protection, including biological or procreative ones, are different among cultures. During class meetings we will evaluate chosen case studies i.e. epidemics, international surrogacy etc., from the perspective of human rights but also from a broader perspective of international bioethics and global justice. Another aim of our meeting is to diagnose strong and weak sides of the human rights discourse. It will help us to understand how far human rights can become grounded and justified form the bioethics point of view as well as whether establishing human rights on global scale needs shared axiology (argument of universalism). Presumption of common moral ground which link people in pluralized world raise objections of many scholars (argument of cultural relativism). Ethical and biopolitcal discourse of human rights reveals also many other problems as the role of states borders and sovereignty in establishing and executing health standards developed by the UN or global distribution of natural resources and poverty.
Course will be divided into three parts. Part I is dedicated to the analysis of the idea of human rights. It will embrace such elements as history of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other legal documents connected with it. We will focus also on an content of human rights, their generations, sources of legitimization and their normative critique.
Part II of the course will be concentrated on (bio)justice in international relations. Biomedical standards will discuss refereeing to such theories as Rawls’s law of peoples or Sen’s and Nussbaum idea of capabilities. Such theories will be investigated musty from the anthropological and metaphysical perspective which underlying them and which determine the concept of human life in areas as reproduction or subsistence.
Part III will be focused on certain issues which are connected with prior two parts of the course. In this part we will discuss about global interconnectedness and how it influences on our individual and group identities. We will try to diagnose (a) reasons of tensions between human and citizens rights, (b) problem of sovereignty in globalized world, (c) such phenomenon as international surrogacy, immigration or refugees.
Course is leaded in class and via e-learning. Detailed way of cooperation during our course will be discussed at the first organizational meeting.
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
After the end of the seminar student:
Has basic theoretical and practical knowledge about issues concerning human rights
Understand relation between ethics and law in international relations
Has knowledge of main ethical and political philosophy problems which underlying the status of human rights and other normative theories
Understand political, economic and legal conditions of international practices.
Skills:
After the end of the course student is able to:
critically analyze texts discussed in class and arguments of classmates
rightly identify and interpret problems and dilemmas concerning international (bio) ethics and international theories of justice
construct advanced normative arguments and formulate his/her answer to critic
apply political philosophy categories to contemporary debates about human rights
Social competences:
Course will help to:
achieve more open attitude to different theoretical options from the field of political philosophy , ethics and bioethics
achieve critical distant to particular ethical and political problems discussed during the class
develop democratic political culture and civic sensitivity toward international ethics issues
Assessment criteria
The criteria of final assessment:
activity (discussion in class, participation etc.) - 25%
preparing and leading workshops – 30%
creating report from text and discussion – 15%
online activities and assignments – 30%
Bibliography
W. Osiatyński, Prawa człowieka i ich granice, tłum.. S. Kowalski, Kraków 2011.
M. Piechowiak, Filozofia praw człowieka. Prawa człowieka w świetle ich międzynarodowej ochrony, Lublin 1999.
J. Rawls, Prawo ludów, tłum. M. Kozłowski, Warszawa 2001.
M. Freeman, Prawa człowieka, Warszawa 2007
J. Mandle, Globalna sprawiedliwość, tłum. M. Dera, Warszawa 2009.
W. Morawski, Konfiguracje globalne, PWN, Warszawa 2010.
P. Singer, Jeden świat, tłum. C. Cieślinski, Warszawa 2006.
T. Narrdin, D.R. Mapel, Traditions of International Ethics, Cambridge 1992.
J. Millum, E.J. Emanuel, Global Justice and Bioethics, Oxford 2012.
A. Sen, Rozwój i wolność, tłum. J. Łoziński, Poznań 2002.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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