Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: HUMANITARIANISM IN EUROAMERICA: SENTIMENT AND POLITICS FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE PRESENT

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will both trace the intellectual roots of humanitarianism in the modern era and investigate how “human rights” became the premier moral language of the present. It will also examine the moral, theoretical and political debates surrounding the concept of humanitarian warfare. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.