The cause seeks to show the tripartite relationship between poverty, ethics and human rights – right from classical sources, through the modern to the contemporary period. Examination is made of how classical philosophers Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Adam Smith John Kenneth Galbraith (and others) handled the fate of the poor and the ethical justifications that were involved for the purpose. In the Contemporary period, focus is on the phenomenon of poverty and how this has in the various ways imparted on human rights and vice versa
1. By the end of this course learners will be able to know how poverty has been treated in classical and modern periods2. Learners will be able to see the dialectical relationship between poverty and human rights and vice versa.3. Learners will be exposed to contemporary theories (Amartya Sen, Francis Fakuyams) and others that attempt to address the question of poverty and human rights.
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