ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Genocide Convention, Second Geneva Convention, Fourth Geneva Convention

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6 Dec 2017

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University of Ottawa

Department

Conflict Studies and Human Rights

Course

ECH 1100

Professor

Jean- Francois Ratelle

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Conflict studies & human rights - week 9. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Human right represent the bare minimum that is required for a person to live a human experience. States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, to protect and to fulfill human rights: understand human rights as legal rights, civil and political vs. social and economic, negative vs. From natural law to natural rights: transcendent from god. Liberal position on human rights (18th century: universal rights established by social contract (state prerogatives, human nature & human rights, american and french revolutions. 19th century liberalism: supported international humanitarian reform but limited by the norms of sovereignty, anti-slavery, laws of wars.

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Which person best represents Kantian deontology?

		Susie refused the take Jimmy's life because to kill him would be to treat Jimmy purely as an instrument or object to whatever end she was trying to achieve.
		Susie refused to take Jimmy's life, even in self defense, because in her religion it is considered a sin for which she will be punished by her god.
		Susie refused to take Jimmy's life because if all people were to take the lives of others the world would be chaos.
		Susie refused to take Jimmy's life because doing so would make her a vicious person.

According to Kant's theory, being capable of acting morally means you have dignity and to have dignity means you are priceless. Things and persons who lack this capacity, lack moral worth.

True

False

According to Kant's theory, there are certain actions, such as lying, that we are never permitted to do regardless of the affects of those actions on others.

True

False

What gives humans value for Kant?

Being valued by others.

Having the capacity to reason.

Having capacity to love others.

Acting morally.

All are important components in Kantâs theory except for which of the following:

The motive from which we perform our actions.

The universalizability of actions.

The consequences of our actions.

Recognizing the dignity of humanity.

To properly apply the original (universal law) formula of the Categorical Imperative (Act only on that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should be become a universal law, we should take do which of the following:

Ask ourselves "Would I want this done to me?"

Ask ourselves "If all rational beings were to do this action, would there be negative consequences."

Ask ourselves "Would I want my action to become one that all rational beings should follow?"

Ask ourselves "If all rational beings were to follow this action, would it create a logical contradiction?"

If we were to apply the Humanity Formulation of the Categorical Imperative, we would:

		Ask ourselves, "What would be the consequences of such an action on humanity?"
		Ask ourselves, "Is my action recognizing my dignity and the dignity of others or is it treating myself or others as a mere object?
		Ask ourselves, "Do I want to place a value on human life?"
		Ask oursleves, "Will treating myself or others in this way make me a moral person?"

ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Genocide Convention, Second Geneva Convention, Fourth Geneva Convention

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