Study programme competencies |
Code
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Study programme competences / results
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A3 |
CE3 - To know the concepts, theories and techniques applied to the analysis of the actors and international relations, both in the universal and in the regional field, with a perspective both historical and contemporary. |
A7 |
CE7 - To analyze the global reality in its different dimensions, in particular the geographical, political, social, economic and legal. |
A10 |
CE10 - To acquire knowledge of the techniques, working methods and analysis of the humanities, social and legal sciences. |
A11 |
CE11 - To analyze the political, social and economic reality in the framework of international development cooperation. |
B2 |
CB2 - That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have the skills that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of ??study. |
B7 |
CG2 - To acquire the ability to work in an international context. |
C4 |
CT4 - To develop for the exercise of a citizenship respectful with the democratic culture, the human rights and the perspective of gender, in the distinct fields of knowledge and in the professional practice, with the aim to achieve a more just and egalitarian society. |
Learning aims |
Learning outcomes |
Study programme competences / results |
Know the main ethical, legal and political responses to globalization |
A3 A7 A11
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Understand the relevance of ethics in human life and relations |
A7 A11
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C4
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Understand the meaning and characteristics of human rights |
A3 A7 A11
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C4
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Identify and analyze global justice issues |
A7 A10 A11
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B2 B7
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C4
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Develop argumentative skills to critically analyze ethical, legal and political responses |
A7 A10
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B2 B7
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C4
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Understand the general theoretical framework of moral and political philosophy through its basic concepts |
A3 A7 A11
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C4
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Analyze the ethical, political and legal meaning of the values underlying some social problems, mainly related to equality and justice, from the perspective of a globalized world |
A7 A10 A11
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B2 B7
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C4
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Commit to the construction and development of a democratic citizenship |
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C4
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Contents |
Topic |
Sub-topic |
I. Ethics of globalization |
1. Globalization. Concept and dimensions.
2. Ethics. Basic concepts and elements.
3. Ethics as a normative system. Moral, legal, religious, and social norms.
4. Three normative approaches. Deontological, consequentialist and virtue ethics.
5. The globalization of ethics. A two-level model. |
II. Globalization and human rights |
1. Historical approach to the origin and development of human rights.
2. The concept of human rights.
3. The typology of human rights: the generations of rights.
4. The elements of human rights.
5. The institutionalization of human rights. |
III. Seminars |
1. Global ethics and justice
2. Global issues of human rights |
Planning |
Methodologies / tests |
Competencies / Results |
Teaching hours (in-person & virtual) |
Student’s personal work hours |
Total hours |
Workshop |
A7 A10 A11 B2 B7 C4 |
12 |
24 |
36 |
Oral presentation |
A7 A10 A11 B2 C4 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
Long answer / essay questions |
A3 A7 A11 C4 |
8 |
24 |
32 |
Objective test |
A3 A7 A11 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
A3 A7 A11 B7 |
16 |
16 |
32 |
Document analysis |
A3 A7 A10 A11 |
7 |
13 |
20 |
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Personalized attention |
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4 |
0 |
4 |
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(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies |
Methodologies |
Description |
Workshop |
Collaborative work intended to select, understand and critically apply relevant knowledge to specific issues and cases, as well to develop argumentative skills. |
Oral presentation |
Activity oriented to acquire and strengthen oral argumentative skills |
Long answer / essay questions |
Activity oriented to get methodological competence to work with bibliographical and normative sources, as well to develop written argumentative skills. |
Objective test |
Activity that aims to assess the knowledge and understanding of the main concepts and issues delivered through the course |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
Explanation and assessment of the main concepts, elements and issues related to the course, identifying the relations among the different contents |
Document analysis |
Detailed reading and assessment of the main bibliographical and normative documents mentioned in the lectures or used in the workshops |
Personalized attention |
Methodologies
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Document analysis |
Workshop |
Oral presentation |
Long answer / essay questions |
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Description |
Advise on the selection and assessment of bibliographical and normative sources.
Advise on the selection of workshop issues.
Advise on the structure and pace of oral presentations.
Advise on the structure and style of written activities. |
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Assessment |
Methodologies
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Competencies / Results |
Description
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Qualification
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Objective test |
A3 A7 A11 |
Assessment of the knowledge and understanding of the contents of the guest lectures/keynote speeches and the document analysis |
40 |
Oral presentation |
A7 A10 A11 B2 C4 |
Assessment of the ability to select, understand, analyze and communicate relevant information based on bibliographical and normative sources.
Assessment of the oral argumentative skills. |
40 |
Long answer / essay questions |
A3 A7 A11 C4 |
Final essay about one of the topics of the course, intended to assess knowledge, critical sense and written argumentative skills |
20 |
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Assessment comments |
1. Assessment of the 2nd opportunity The student can keep the grade obtained in the assessment activities if it is equal or higher than a passing grade in each activity (2 points or more for oral presentations, 1 point or more for essays, and 2 points or more for the objective test). In case of a falling grade (less than 2, 1 or 2, respectively), the student can follow the modality for students with acknowledge part-time dedication and exemption from class attendance (cf. section 3).
2. Plagiarism or academic fraud Student fraudulent behavior in the assessment activities, and particularly plagiarism, will result in a grade of 0 (falling grade) in the correspondent opportunity.
3. Assessment criteria for students with acknowledge part-time dedication and exemption from class attendance The objective test (40%) has the same conditions as for the rest of the students. The long answer/essay questions (20%) has the same conditions as for the rest of the students. The oral presentation (40%) consists of the delivery of a paper and a brief oral comment before the professor scheduled before the date of the objective test.
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Sources of information |
Basic
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Brysk, A (ed) (2002). Globalization and human rights. Berkeley, London: University of California Press
Steger, MB (2020). Globalization. A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Griffin, J (2008). On human rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Singer, P (2016). One world now: the ethics of globalization. New Haven: Yale University Press
Joseph, S; McBeth, A (ed.) (2010). Research handbook on international human rights law. Cheltenham, Northampton: Edward Elgar
LaFollette H; Persson, I (ed.) (2013). The Blackwell guide to ethical theory. Malden, MA-Oxford: Wiley Blackwell
Sullivan, WM; Kymlicka, W (ed.) (2007). The ethics of globalization. New York: Cambridge University Press
Ishay, MR (2008). The history of human rights. Berkeley: University of California Press |
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Complementary
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Recommendations |
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
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Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously |
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Subjects that continue the syllabus |
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