Human Rights

Catalog description

This course examines a broad range of human rights issues, including modern slavery; child and sweatshop labor; poverty; genocide; racism, sexism; and other forms of bigotry and human oppression. It also examines acts of human courage, compassion, and kindness. Coursework invites students to find in themselves and others sources of deep humaneness, both as models of human goodness and examples of how we can solve conflict without oppressing and exploiting others. Finally, the course explores links between various forms of oppression, so that students can think and act in solutionary ways, creating healthy and just systems for all people, nonhuman animals, and the environment.