The Philosophy of Human Rights What are human rights?  What duties, if any, flow from them, and who is morally obligated to bear those duties?  In this course, we will investigate the philosophical origins and development of the concept of human rights.  We will critically analyze both historical and contemporary moral perspectives on the existence and nature of human rights.  What does it mean to say that one possesses a human right?  In addition to examining the existence and nature of human rights, we will take a closer look at the issue of human rights related to world poverty and humanitarian intervention.

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The Philosophy of Human Rights is a 1317-level course offered in the First Year Seminar department at Middlebury College. This course has an overall rating of NaN out of 10 based on 1 reviews.

My experience with this course was about just right. Though I am not a humanity person and I got placed to the bottom choice from my FYSE class preference list, I got to enjoy the class and learn a lot from the class materials and discussions. The readings and writings were definitely helpful, tho I think they could have been structured more logically.