PSCI1407 - Ethics and International Relations

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
205
Title (text only)
Ethics and International Relations
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
205
Section ID
PSCI1407205
Course number integer
1407
Meeting times
M 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Meeting location
DRLB 3N6
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Thomas Owings
Mark A Pollack
Description
This course offers an introduction to ethical issues in international relations. In it, we ask whether morality, as opposed to interests, should play any role in international affairs – and if so, which morality and what rules should apply, and what we should do in response to the challenges of war, violence, poverty, and environmental destruction. The course is organized in four parts. The first part provides a general introduction to ethical theory, followed by an examination of the major schools of thought regarding the possibility or impossibility of ethical conduct in international relations. The second part of the course focuses on ethical issues concerning the use of force, and examines the ethical problems of military force in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Myanmar, as well as at the questions of international terrorism and humanitarian intervention. The third part looks at issues of human rights, global distributive justice, and the global environment. A fourth section, to be fleshed out during the term, will examine “contemporary challenges” of international ethics in the Trump era. Taken as a whole, the aim of the course is to explore and debate the great moral dilemmas of our time, allowing each student to make her or his own informed, deliberate moral choices.
Course number only
1407
Use local description
No

PSCI1407 - Ethics and International Relations

Status
X
Activity
REC
Section number integer
204
Title (text only)
Ethics and International Relations
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
204
Section ID
PSCI1407204
Course number integer
1407
Meeting times
CANCELED
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Mark A Pollack
Description
This course offers an introduction to ethical issues in international relations. In it, we ask whether morality, as opposed to interests, should play any role in international affairs – and if so, which morality and what rules should apply, and what we should do in response to the challenges of war, violence, poverty, and environmental destruction. The course is organized in four parts. The first part provides a general introduction to ethical theory, followed by an examination of the major schools of thought regarding the possibility or impossibility of ethical conduct in international relations. The second part of the course focuses on ethical issues concerning the use of force, and examines the ethical problems of military force in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Myanmar, as well as at the questions of international terrorism and humanitarian intervention. The third part looks at issues of human rights, global distributive justice, and the global environment. A fourth section, to be fleshed out during the term, will examine “contemporary challenges” of international ethics in the Trump era. Taken as a whole, the aim of the course is to explore and debate the great moral dilemmas of our time, allowing each student to make her or his own informed, deliberate moral choices.
Course number only
1407
Use local description
No

PSCI1407 - Ethics and International Relations

Status
X
Activity
REC
Section number integer
203
Title (text only)
Ethics and International Relations
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
203
Section ID
PSCI1407203
Course number integer
1407
Meeting times
CANCELED
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Mark A Pollack
Description
This course offers an introduction to ethical issues in international relations. In it, we ask whether morality, as opposed to interests, should play any role in international affairs – and if so, which morality and what rules should apply, and what we should do in response to the challenges of war, violence, poverty, and environmental destruction. The course is organized in four parts. The first part provides a general introduction to ethical theory, followed by an examination of the major schools of thought regarding the possibility or impossibility of ethical conduct in international relations. The second part of the course focuses on ethical issues concerning the use of force, and examines the ethical problems of military force in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Myanmar, as well as at the questions of international terrorism and humanitarian intervention. The third part looks at issues of human rights, global distributive justice, and the global environment. A fourth section, to be fleshed out during the term, will examine “contemporary challenges” of international ethics in the Trump era. Taken as a whole, the aim of the course is to explore and debate the great moral dilemmas of our time, allowing each student to make her or his own informed, deliberate moral choices.
Course number only
1407
Use local description
No

PSCI1407 - Ethics and International Relations

Status
X
Activity
REC
Section number integer
202
Title (text only)
Ethics and International Relations
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
202
Section ID
PSCI1407202
Course number integer
1407
Meeting times
CANCELED
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Mark A Pollack
Description
This course offers an introduction to ethical issues in international relations. In it, we ask whether morality, as opposed to interests, should play any role in international affairs – and if so, which morality and what rules should apply, and what we should do in response to the challenges of war, violence, poverty, and environmental destruction. The course is organized in four parts. The first part provides a general introduction to ethical theory, followed by an examination of the major schools of thought regarding the possibility or impossibility of ethical conduct in international relations. The second part of the course focuses on ethical issues concerning the use of force, and examines the ethical problems of military force in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Myanmar, as well as at the questions of international terrorism and humanitarian intervention. The third part looks at issues of human rights, global distributive justice, and the global environment. A fourth section, to be fleshed out during the term, will examine “contemporary challenges” of international ethics in the Trump era. Taken as a whole, the aim of the course is to explore and debate the great moral dilemmas of our time, allowing each student to make her or his own informed, deliberate moral choices.
Course number only
1407
Use local description
No

PSCI1407 - Ethics and International Relations

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Ethics and International Relations
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
001
Section ID
PSCI1407001
Course number integer
1407
Meeting times
TR 3:30 PM-4:29 PM
Meeting location
COHN 402
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Mark A Pollack
Description
This course offers an introduction to ethical issues in international relations. In it, we ask whether morality, as opposed to interests, should play any role in international affairs – and if so, which morality and what rules should apply, and what we should do in response to the challenges of war, violence, poverty, and environmental destruction. The course is organized in four parts. The first part provides a general introduction to ethical theory, followed by an examination of the major schools of thought regarding the possibility or impossibility of ethical conduct in international relations. The second part of the course focuses on ethical issues concerning the use of force, and examines the ethical problems of military force in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Myanmar, as well as at the questions of international terrorism and humanitarian intervention. The third part looks at issues of human rights, global distributive justice, and the global environment. A fourth section, to be fleshed out during the term, will examine “contemporary challenges” of international ethics in the Trump era. Taken as a whole, the aim of the course is to explore and debate the great moral dilemmas of our time, allowing each student to make her or his own informed, deliberate moral choices.
Course number only
1407
Use local description
No

PSCI1406 - International Human Rights

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
207
Title (text only)
International Human Rights
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
207
Section ID
PSCI1406207
Course number integer
1406
Meeting times
F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Meeting location
PCPE 202
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Eileen Doherty-Sil
Sirwan Renas
Description
What exactly should be considered a fundamental "human right"? What is the basis for something is a fundamental human right? This course will examine not only broad conceptual debates, but will also focus on specific issue areas (e.g., civil rights, economic rights, women's rights), as well as the question of how new rights norms emerge in international relations.
Course number only
1406
Use local description
No

PSCI1406 - International Human Rights

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
204
Title (text only)
International Human Rights
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
204
Section ID
PSCI1406204
Course number integer
1406
Meeting times
R 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Meeting location
WILL 315
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Abdulaziz M M A Alotaibi
Eileen Doherty-Sil
Description
What exactly should be considered a fundamental "human right"? What is the basis for something is a fundamental human right? This course will examine not only broad conceptual debates, but will also focus on specific issue areas (e.g., civil rights, economic rights, women's rights), as well as the question of how new rights norms emerge in international relations.
Course number only
1406
Use local description
No

PSCI1406 - International Human Rights

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
202
Title (text only)
International Human Rights
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
202
Section ID
PSCI1406202
Course number integer
1406
Meeting times
R 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Meeting location
WILL 6
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Abdulaziz M M A Alotaibi
Eileen Doherty-Sil
Description
What exactly should be considered a fundamental "human right"? What is the basis for something is a fundamental human right? This course will examine not only broad conceptual debates, but will also focus on specific issue areas (e.g., civil rights, economic rights, women's rights), as well as the question of how new rights norms emerge in international relations.
Course number only
1406
Use local description
No

PSCI1406 - International Human Rights

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
International Human Rights
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
001
Section ID
PSCI1406001
Course number integer
1406
Meeting times
MW 5:15 PM-6:15 PM
Meeting location
STIT 261
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Eileen Doherty-Sil
Description
What exactly should be considered a fundamental "human right"? What is the basis for something is a fundamental human right? This course will examine not only broad conceptual debates, but will also focus on specific issue areas (e.g., civil rights, economic rights, women's rights), as well as the question of how new rights norms emerge in international relations.
Course number only
1406
Use local description
No

PSCI1404 - American Foreign Policy

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
207
Title (text only)
American Foreign Policy
Term
2024A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
207
Section ID
PSCI1404207
Course number integer
1404
Meeting times
F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Meeting location
PCPE 203
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Tom Walter Etienne
Melissa M. Lee
Description
This course analyzes the formation and conduct of foreign policy in the United State. The course combines three elements: a study of the history of American foreign relations; an analysis of the causes of American foreign policy such sa the international system, public opinion, and the media; and a discussion of the major policy issues in contemporary U.S. foreign policy, including terrorism, civil wars, and economic policy.
Course number only
1404
Use local description
No