Philosophy 19A

HUMAN RIGHTS

CONTENTS:

• General Handouts
• What Are Human Rights?
• Human Rights Resources
• Treaties, Conventions and Instruments
• Human Rights and the War on Terrorism
• Search Engines in Philosophy
• Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Guides of Philosophy
• Online Papers and E-Texts in Philosophy
• Philosophy Goes to the Movies
• Guides to Writing Philosophy
• Reading and Writing for the Course
• Discussion
• Puzzles, Paradoxes and Illusions
• Philosophical Humor
• Philosophy Songs

General Handouts

• Philosophy Students Score High on LSAT, GMAT and the GRE
• Chart of How Students Performed on Graduate Admission Tests
• "The Value of Philosophy" (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
• More on the Value of Philosophy (St. Edward's University)
• And More on the Value of Philosophy (University of Rhode Island)
• "The Value of Philosophy" (Bertrand Russell).
• "Philosophy: A Quintessentially Modern Discipline" (LONDON TIMES)
• "Philosophers Find the Degree Pays Off in Life and Work" (NY TIMES)
• "To Beat the Market: Hire a Philosopher" (NY TIMES)
• "How Philosophy Pays Off"
• What Is Philosophy? - A Brief Guide (American Philosophical Association)
• Well-Known Philosophy Majors
• Philosophy Image Gallery: "Philosophers Say 'Cheese'"
• What Philosophy Does (John Cleese)
• How Philosophy Has Changed the World (John Cleese)
• How Philosophy Can Enrich Your Life (John Cleese)
• How Does Philosophy Relate to My Career?
• What Can You Do with a Philosophy Degree?
• Skills That Will Be Developed Through Your Study of Philosophy
• Women in Philosophy Gallery
• Philosophers' Image Gallery (Barcelona)
• Philosophers' Image Gallery (Netherlands)

What Are Human Rights?

• The History and Language of Rights
• Three Generations of Civil Rights
• Do All Legal Systems Have a Concept of Rights?
• The General Idea of Human Rights
• Do Children Have Human Rights?

Human Rights Resources

• Human Rights First
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• U. N High Commissioner for Human Rights
  
• Human Rights Web
• U. S. State Department State Department Human Rights Division a>
• U. N. Declaration of Human Rights Human Rights
• Human Rights Campaign
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
• African Human Rights on the Internet
  
• Women's Human Rights Net
• Cornell Law Library Human Rights Documents
• NYU Law Library Human Rights Documents
• Human Rights: Derochos
• Human Rights Internet
• One World Net
• Doctors Without Borders
• International Commission of Jurists
• International Red Cross
• Organization of American States
• African Union

• African Charter on Human and People's Rights (African Union 1981)
• American Convention on Human Rights (OAS 1969)
• American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (OAS 1948)
• Charter of the United Nations (1945)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UN 1979)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN 1989)
• Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers (UN 1990)
• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Council of Europe, 1950)
• European Social Charter
• Genocide Convention (UN 1948)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1966)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (UN 1966)
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (UN 1965)
• Protocol of San Salvador (OAS 1988)
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (UN 1998)
• Torture Convention (UN 1984)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN 1948)
• Vienna Declaration (UN 1993)

• September 11th and Its Aftermath
• Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy Archive
• University of Michigan Documents Center
• TORTURE AT ABU GHRAIB by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
  
• THE ABU GHRAIB PICTURES
  
• CHAIN OF COMMAND by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
  
• THE GRAY ZONE by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
  
• HEARTS AND MINDS by DAVID REMNICK
  
• TWO SOLDIERS by DAVID BAUM
  
• WARS AND IDEAS by GEORGE PACKER
  
• WHAT HAVE WE DONE? by SUSAN SONTAG
  
• ABU GHRAIB: THE HIDDEN STORY by MARK DANNER
  
• WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW by MARK DANNER
  
• HUMANISM AND TERROR by MARK DANNER
  
• TORTURE AND GONZALES by MARK DANNER
  
• IRAQ REPORT by Stories in The New Yorker
  
• Video: Torture in the TV Show "24" by JEAN MAYER
  

  
  

Search Engines in Philosophy

• HIPPIAS: Limited Area Search of Philosophy on the Internet
• NOESIS: Philosophical Research On-Line
• PERSEUS: An Evolving Digital Library on Ancient Greece

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Guides of Philosophy

• The STANFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA of Philosophy
• The INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA of Philosophy:
• The Dictionary of the PHILOSOPHY OF MIN of Philosophy:
• GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY on the Internet, Peter Suber, Earlham College
• ETHICS UPDATES, maintained by Lawrence Hinman
• A DICTIONARY of Philosophical Terms and Names (Garth Kemerling)

Online Papers and E-Texts in Philosophy

• Classics of Western Philosophy, maintained by Andreas Teuber
• Classic Texts in Ethics (Lawrence Hinman)
• People with Online Papers in Philosophy (David Chalmers)
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Online Papers from NYU Philosophers

Philosophy Goes to the Movies

• Philosophical Issues in THE MATRIX (Pryor)
  
• THE MATRIX: Theatrical Trailer
• MATRIX CLIP-1: "Have you ever had a dream, Neo?"
• MATRIX CLIP-2: "What is the Matrix?"
• MATRIX CLIP-3: "What is real?"
• THE MATRIX: Story Boards
• THE MATRIX: Visual Effects
• THE MATRIX: Photos
  Papers by Philosophers on THE MATRIX
  • "The Matrix as Metaphysics" by David J. Chalmers
  • "The Brave New World of the Matrix" by Dreyfus
  • "Brians-in-a-Vat Skepticism" by Christopher Grau
  • "Dream Skepticism" by Christopher Grau
  • "The Experience Machine" by Christopher Grau
  • "Reflections on the First Matrix" by Richard Hanley
  • "The Matrix of Dreams" by Colin McGinn
  • "Neo's Freddom . . . Whoa!" by Michael McKenna
  • "Plato's Cave and The Matrix" by John Partridge
  • "What's So Bad About Living in the Matirix" by James Pryor
  • "Artificial Ethics" by Julia Driver
  • "Morpheus and Berkeley on Reality" by T. J. Mawson
  • "Matrix and Monadology" by Sean Greenberg
  • "Simulacra and Simulation" by Richard Hanley
  • "The Twisted Matrix" by Andy Clark
  • "Reality, What Matters, and the Matrix " by Iakdvos Vasilou
  • "The Matrix - Our Future?" by Kevin Warwick
  • "Gnosticism, Buddhism and The Matrix" by FF-D and RW
• Philosophical Issues in BLADE RUNNER (Pryor)
• "Towards a Holistic Definition of the Self and Blade Runner"
• "Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
• Philosophical Issues in BLADE RUNNER (Pryor)
• BLADE RUNNER: Original Screenplay
• BLADE RUNNER: 2019 Off-World Web Page
• BLADE RUNNER: In the News Page
• Philosophical Issues in TWELVE MONKEYS (Pryor)
• "Meta-Film:: Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?"
• Movies by Philosophical Theme: Jason Brennan's Web Site
• MINORITY REPORT WEBSITE
• The Philip Dick Short Story
• Official Philip Dick Website
• ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
• LACUNA, INC. (Sign up today)
• MOMENTO: The Unofficial Chris Nolan Website
• MOMENTO OFFICIAL WEB SITE:

Guides to Reading and Writing Philosophy

• GUIDELINES ON WRITING A PHILOSOPHY PAPER (Pryor)
• HOW TO READ A PHILOSOPHY PAPER (Pryor)
• WHAT IS AN ARGUMENT? (Pryor)
• VOCABULARY DESCRIBING ARGUMENTS (Pryor)
• SOME GOOD AND BAD FORMS OF ARGUMENT (Pryor)
• ANALYZING CONCEPTS (Pryor)
• A PHILOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY FOR BEGINNERS (Pryor)
• ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM (Teuber)
• RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Brandeis Policy)
• HARVARD GUIDE TO WRITING WITH SOURCES

Reading and Writing for the Course

• Course Requirements
• Human Rights Syllabus (pdf)
• Reading for the Course: PART ONE (pdf)
• Reading for the Course: PART TWO (pdf)
• Reading for the Course: PART THREE (pdf)
• Reading for the Course: PART FOUR (pdf)
• Paper Topic I: "Humanitarian Intervention"
• Paper Topic II: "Truth and Reconcilation"
  

Puzzles, Paradoxes and Illusions

• The Surprise Exam
• The Prisoners' Dilemma Game
• Paradoxes from Brainteasers
• Russell's Paradox from the Stanford Encyclopedia
• Sorites Paradox from the Stanford Encyclopedia
• Logical Paradoxes from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Some Paradoxes from Geoff Wilkins
• Zeno's Paradoxes
• Paradox or Fallacy?
• Visual Illusions
• Optical Illusions from Michael Bach
• Escher Collection on the Web
• The M. C. Escher Official Website
• Grand Ilusions

Philosophical Humor

• "Thus Ate Zarathustra" by Woody Allen
• Philosophy Comix
• Monthy Python's Argument Clinic
• Definitions of Terms from Inside the Profession
• History of Philosophy from the students' POV (compiled by Stephen Hicks)
• Philosophy Games and Interactive Activities (from TPM)
• Causes of Death of Philosophers: A - Z (from D. H. Mellor)
• Philosophy Action Figures (words and pictures by Ian Vandewalker)
• Argument 101 by David Barry
• Philosofighter (a 3-D game from Drunken Pirate Software)
• Contemporary Analytical Philosophy in Monty Python
• Self-Reference Jokes (a collection)
• "Being & Tymers" (phenomenological analysis of being-in-the-hood)
• The Philosophy of Kissing
• On God's Perfections
• Proofs that p
• More Proofs that p
• Still More Proofs that p
• Philosophy Light-Bulb Jokes
• Philosophical Warning Labels
• "Why Did the [Philosopher] Cross the Road?"
• What Common Philosophical Terms Mean to the Layperson
• Why No One Plays Golf with a Philosopher
• The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook
• Secondary School Student Howlers and the Like
• The Twinkies Project
• How to Catch an Elephant
• Introductory Philosophy Quiz
• Four (really, really dreadful) Philosophy Jokes
• Campaign Slogans of the Great Philosophers
• The World's Shortest Philosophy Books
• The Philosopher's Revenge
• A Michael Frayn Parody of Wittgenstein
• Philosophical Humor (compiled by David Chalmers)
• Philosophy Crosswords
• The Philosophical Lexicon (edited by Daniel Dennett)

Philosophy Songs

• The Philosophers Drinking Song (aka "Bruce's Song")
• Words to the Philosophers Drinking Song by Eric Idle
  Philosophy Songs from the Band "The Monads", including
  • "You Are My Everything" (An ode to Spinoza)
    
  • "Counterparts" (Me and My Clone)
    
  • "The Missing Shade of Blues" (David Hume Blues)
    
  • "Slap Me Happy" (A Celebration of Temporary Non-being)
    
  • "Meinongian Babe" (The Infinity of Possible Worlds)
    
  • "I Need Your Love" (Fuzzy Logic)
• Philosophy Songs (featuring full length music and MP3's,
  with lyrics to enable you to "sing along" if you so desire)