Competencies / Study results |
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. Ethics.
2. Globalization.
3. The ethics of globalization. |
II. Globalization and human rights |
1. The concept of human rights in the global order.
2. The elements of human rights in the global order.
3. Justification of human rights in the global order. |
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 B7 B2 C4 |
12 |
12 |
24 |
Objective test |
A3 A7 A11 |
1 |
24 |
25 |
Case study |
A7 A10 A11 B2 C4 |
24 |
24 |
48 |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
A3 A7 A11 B7 |
16 |
16 |
32 |
Document analysis |
A3 A7 A10 A11 |
1 |
16 |
17 |
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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. |
Objective test |
Activity that aims to assess the knowledge and understanding of the main concepts and issues delivered through the course |
Case study |
Individual analysis and participation in a joint deliberation about a topic, showing knowledge, unerstanding and competence for a critical assessment. |
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 |
Case study |
Objective test |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
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Description |
Workshop + Document analysis: in-class workshops require document analysis as previous work by students. Lecturers offer personalized attention for the clarification of any doubt after reading the proposed documents and for the preparation of the workshop.
Keynote speech + Objective text: the objective test assesses the understanding of the content of keynote speeches. Lecturers offer personalized attention for the clarification of any concept, idea or theory explained during the keynote speech. This will help in the preparation of the objective test. |
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Assessment |
Methodologies
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Competencies / Results |
Description
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Qualification
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Workshop |
A7 A10 A11 B7 B2 C4 |
The workshop includes 2 presentations (one for each topic of the contents) delivered by a group of students that presents a particular subject according to a proposed document and some instructions, followed by a discussion ("case study").
Students will receive 2 points for the 2 presentations.
Workshop presentations will be qualitatively assessed. Criteria for evaluation will be specified in the classes. |
20 |
Case study |
A7 A10 A11 B2 C4 |
After every workshop presentation (up to 15 throughout the course), all students must participate in the discussion of the proposed topic and document on an individual basis.
Students will receive up to 4 points for this participation, according to the total workshop/case study days available in each course.
Participation will be qualitatively assessed. Criteria for evaluation will be specified in the classes |
40 |
Objective test |
A3 A7 A11 |
Assessment of the knowledge and understanding of the contents of the keynote speeches. The test will consist of a set of questions for each of the two first topics of the content of the course. Each question roughly refers to one sub-section of the different sub-topics that compose each topic. Students must answer two questions for each topic. In some cases, students may be able to choose amongst different proposed questions. |
40 |
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Assessment comments |
How to pass the course In order to pass the course, students must achieve 5 points. No minimum is required neither for the workshops nor for the objective test. Plagiarism or academic fraud Student fraudulent behavior in the assessment activities, and particularly plagiarism, will result in a grade of 0 (fail) in the correspondent opportunity. Assessment criteria for the 2nd opportunity In the second opportunity, the objective test (50%) will have the same structure than in the first opportunity. The workshop (50%) will be assessed through the delivery of two papers, one for each topic of the course, and a brief oral discussion with the lecturers of all the workshops proposed for the course, scheduled before the date of the objective test. Part-time dedication and exemption from class attendance All issues related to "academic dispensation", "dedication to study", "permanence" and "academic fraud shall be governed in accordance with UDC's academic normative in force. Equivalence at the University of Vigo Being a SUG's inter-university degree offered jointly with the University of Vigo, the different denominations of the methodologies and assessment activities adopted by the latter are here described: Directed/supervised work (essay): 20% Periodic test(s): 40% Directed/supervised work (case study): 40%
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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
LaFollette H; Persson, I (ed.) (2013). The Blackwell guide to ethical theory. Malden, MA-Oxford: Wiley Blackwell
Sullivan, WM; Kymlicka, W (ed.) (2007). The globalization of ethics: religious and secular perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press
Beitz, CR (2009). The idea of human rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cruft ,R; Liao, SM; Renzo, M (2015). The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights. An Overview. . Oxford: Oxford University Press
Pogge, T (2010). What is global justice (in "Politics as usual"). Cambridge: Polity Press
Fraser, N (2009). Who counts? Dilemmas of justice in a Postwestphalian world. Antipode 41 S1 |
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Complementary
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Sinnot-Armstrong, W. (2022). Consequentialism. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Nickel, J (2021). Human Rights. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Fagan, A. (). Human Rights. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Joseph, S; McBeth, A (ed.) (2010). Research handbook on international human rights law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Ishay, MR (2008). The history of human rights. Berkeley: University of California Press
Rawls, J. (1999). The law of peoples. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press
Hurtshouse, R.; Pettigrove, G. (2022). Virtue ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
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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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