HIST 123 - The History of Human RightsSemester Hours: 3
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What is the History of Human Rights? Moved by the needs of an expanding and evolving society, Europeans of the 11th through 13th centuries created new legal systems that eventually resulted in the Enlightenment and new conceptions of the human.. These legal systems, drawing on written and unwritten traditions, t gave shape and direction to the rejection of torture as a means of finding out the truth and the spread of empathy, notions that are still observable in the modern world. In this course, we examine how the idea of human rights evolved from a product of the Enlightenment into a self-conscious and international movement focused on justice, equality, and freedom.
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