CFP: Human Rights: Challenged or Grounded?
Submission deadline: April 18, 2014
Conference date(s):
April 18, 2014 - April 19, 2014
Conference Venue:
Indiana-Purdue University
Fort Wayne,
United States
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INVITED SPEAKERS:
- Professor of Philosophy James Sterba (University of Notre Dame) in moral philosophy
- Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Mark Gibney, University of North Carolina-Asheville
- David Marshall, Chief, Global Issues Section, New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
SPONSOR: Human Rights Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Campus, Purdue University System
PLACE: Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Campus, Fort Wayne Indiana.
SUBJECT: The Moral Standard of Human Rights and Normative Ethical Critiques of Such Rights
DESCRIPTION: We will work to see whether a rational universal consensus supporting UN international human rights is possible or not. The idea of such a consensus will be put to the test of other normative ethical positions such as ethical pluralism, communitarianism, social contract theory, and various classical normative theories. Time will be devoted to
discussion and debate.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: March 30, 2014.
Developed abstracts should be sent by email attachment to Professor Clark Butler at [email protected] for blind review. Questions may be sent by email to the same address.