FRSEMR 48j - Torture, Terrorism, Pornography, Famine and the Danish Cartoon Controversy: Issues in Contemporary Democracies

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

The course addresses timely problems and core values of contemporary democracies. The problems that we will examine include: torture, terrorism, pornography, immigration, the Danish Cartoon Controversy and famine. Each of these topics poses a challenge to key values characteristic of liberal-democracies such as the respect for rights, toleration, multiculturalism, and freedom of speech. We will study the philosophical underpinnings of rights, toleration, multiculturalism and freedom of speech as a theoretical background to the applied cases.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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