Concepts & Facts
How many articles are in the UDHR?
30
This person stressed the importance of socio-economic rights.
Karl Marx
How many major human rights controversies did we learn about?
Six
Explain in detail your assignment that is due on Friday.
This assignment is the first of two scaffolding assignments (one in fall and one in winter) that will
help you in writing your final essay at the end of the course. For this assignment, you will select a
human rights related topic that you want to research and write about. Next, you will choose an
interesting and “catchy” title for your essay. You will then find 4 related academic sources (journal
articles, book chapters, reports etc.) and create an annotated bibliography.
Where can you find information about the topics that will be covered in the second semester of this course?
The Syllabus
Which human rights article in the UDHR introduces the concept of dignity?
Article 1:
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Who introduced the idea of cultural relativism?
Edmund Burke
Reality vs. ideals refers to which major controversy?
Historical Progress
What is culture?
Culture is the acquired pair of glasses through which we see life.
What citation style should you be using for your final assignment of this semester?
APA
Explain the concept of dignity.
The quality of a person that makes him or her deserving of respect.
Who introduced the idea of Utilitarianism?
Jeremy Bentham
Name three of the main controversies in human rights. (Answers are in ____ vs. ____ format)
Religion vs. Secular View
Eurocentrism vs. Pluralism
Socialism vs. Liberalism
Cultural Relativism vs. Universalism
Reality vs. Ideals / Security vs. Human Rights
Progress vs. Neo-Imperialism
Explain the concept of the cultural iceberg.
Culture is similar to an iceberg in that people at first just see a small portion of a culture based on things such as language, food, dance, etc. but underneath these first observations there is a wide variety of important aspects that make up a culture.
How many academic sources (minimum) do you need for your annotated bibliography?
4
Who are the "victims" within the SVS metaphor?
The people within a state or culture who are 'forced' to live in an 'uncivilized' way.
Who showed us that in human rights the meaning of universalism can be compatible with relativism?
Jack Donnelly
Positivists claim/debate that ____ ____ is an illusion that has infiltrated the human rights thought.
Human Dignity is an illusion that has infiltrated the human rights thought.
Explain the concept of postmodernism.
The concept of postmodernism dismisses Universalism as merely creating grand narratives that present a one-sided/biased construction of history.
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What authority gives universal normative validity for individual rights to take effect?
The United Nations
Who taught us that human dignity is not based on human properties but instead on humans in relation to other humans?
Fischer
____ vs. ____ refers to the sixth controversial debate which is over whether globalization is a boon or a threat from a human rights perspective.
Progress vs. Neo-Imperialism
Choose one real-world example of the SVS metaphor. Explain the example AND explain which parties are the "savages", "victims", and "saviors" in the explanation.
Answer based on group. 200 points for good example and 100 for each correct labelling of the parties.
How much of your overall grade is made up of the SECOND semester's grades?
59