[applied-ethics] Recommendation
- From: "Maartje Langeslag" <MiSs-L@xxxxxxx>
- To: applied-ethics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:24:38 +0200
Beste Marcel Verweij,
Bedankt voor het doorsturen van onderstaand vacature. Het project spreekt me
erg en ik wil reageren op PhD project B. Daartoe heb ik twee personen nodig die
me willen aanbevelen. Ik twijfel of het gepast is u daarvoor te vragen?
Enerzijds bent u mijn begeleider geweest bij mijn ethiek master, anderzijds is
het wellicht vreemd om u te vragen omdat u tot de faculteit van de vacature
behoort.. Wat vind u?
Met vriendelijke groet,
Maartje Langeslag.
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> Datum: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:37:25 +0200
> Von: Marcel Verweij <m.f.verweij@xxxxx>
> An: applied-ethics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [applied-ethics] Reminder: PhD vacancies: Human Dignity as the
> Foundation of Human Rights?
> > The Department of Philosophy of Utrecht University is looking for:
> >
> >
> > 3 PhD Researchers (3 x 1,0 fte)
> >
> >
> >
> > The positions are part of the research programme ‘Human Dignity as
> > the Foundation of Human Rights?’ which is a five year project on the
> > question to what extent the foundational role of human dignity in
> > the human rights framework can be justified. The programme is funded
> > by NWO.
> >
> > Programme description
> >
> > The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) articulates that
> > human dignity is the reason why we must grant rights to all human
> > beings. By adopting the UDHR, nearly all countries in the world have
> > committed themselves to respect for human dignity. But the concept
> > of human dignity raises numerous questions: Who has dignity? All and
> > only members of the human species? What specific moral obligations
> > follow from the attribution of dignity? How can human dignity
> > provide a foundation for human rights? Is the concept exclusively
> > recognised by Western culture or are there reasons for expecting
> > universal acceptability?
> >
> > The core meaning of the concept, its historical roots and its
> > philosophical justification are insufficiently understood. This
> > generates an urgent problem because references to human dignity
> > increasingly play a crucial role in debates on bioethics, new
> > technologies and globalization while there is widespread suspicion
> > that references to human dignity merely have a rhetorical function.
> >
> > In the programme, the research group as a whole will attempt to
> > reconstruct the core meaning and normative content of the concept of
> > human dignity in current discourses. The project leader, Prof.
> > Marcus Düwell, and the postdoc researchers will investigate, in
> > dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy, how the justificatory
> > function of human dignity can be conceptualized. This theoretical
> > investigation will form the basis for three case studies on
> > bioethics, global justice and future generations, examined in three
> > corresponding PhD-projects. The case studies will in turn provide
> > the theoretical analysis with input from concrete ethical debates.
> > This structure will motivate intensive cooperation within the
> > research group.
> >
> >
> > PhD project a: Human Dignity in Bioethics
> >
> > There is a significant body of literature on human dignity in
> > bioethics. Since bioethics deals with the boundaries of human life,
> > it is not surprising that human dignity is challenged by the life
> > sciences. Do human embryos have dignity? Do humans in coma or with
> > brain-death have human dignity? Is it compatible with human dignity
> > to enhance specific features of human beings? However, the relation
> > between the concept of human dignity as used in bioethics and the
> > human rights framework has so far not been systematically examined.
> > The PhD-project shall be a contribution to overcome this theoretical
> > lacuna in bioethics. It will reconstruct the use of human dignity in
> > bioethical literature, investigate possibilities for applying a
> > theoretically developed concept of human dignity to bioethics and
> > investigate the more general problems of the application of the
> > human rights framework in bioethics.
> >
> > PhD project b: Human Dignity and Global Justice
> >
> > Debates on global justice in contemporary moral and political
> > philosophy raise important questions with regard to human dignity
> > and human rights. Should human rights be seen primarily as demands
> > to be met by nation states, or do they require a global order? Can
> > human rights justify far-reaching duties towards the global poor?
> > And can references to human dignity help us to determine the
> > application of human rights in the case of global justice? The PhD
> > project will examine to what extent different theories on human
> > dignity can provide systematic answers to such central questions of
> > global justice.
> >
> > PhD project c: Human Dignity and Future Generations
> >
> > The rights of future generations become increasingly important in
> > the context of environmental challenges. However, there is little
> > discussion on the question how different concepts of human dignity
> > affect the specific rights we must grant future generations.
> > Ascribing human dignity and human rights to beings that do not yet
> > exist raises specific difficulties: on what basis should dignity be
> > ascribed, and how can the rights of future generations be
> > determined? How to weigh rights of future generations against the
> > rights of contemporaries? This PhD project will examine to what
> > extent different notions of human dignity could apply to future
> > generations, and how this would affect the interpretation of the
> > human rights framework in this context.
> >
> > Application procedure
> >
> > We are looking for three talented and dedicated young researchers
> > with a master or equivalent degree in philosophy, who are willing to
> > work in an active team. The applicants should preferably have some
> > background in bioethics, law or human rights studies. Fluency in
> > English is required.
> >
> > We offer three full-time PhD positions, consisting of an initial
> > period of 18 months which, after a satisfactory first year, will be
> > extended by another 30 months (4 years in total), with a gross
> > monthly salary starting at € 2,042,- in the first year, ending at
> > € 2,612,- in the fourth year (1,0 fte).
> >
> > Applications should contain the following:
> >
> > - an application letter in English
> >
> > - a short outline of your ideas on how to fill in this position
> > (max. 1000 words, in English).
> >
> > - a curriculum vitae in English;
> >
> > - the contact information of two people willing to recommend you for
> > this post;
> >
> > - a writing sample, in English, Dutch or German, of max. 25 pages;
> >
> > - a list of grades
> >
> > Applications should be submitted online via:
> http://www.uu.nl/NL/Informatie/sollicitanten/Pages/vacatures.aspx
> > . If you want to apply for several positions, please submit separate
> > application forms for each position.
> >
> > The deadline for applications is 10 September 2011. Interviews will
> > be held in November 2011. The positions will be available from
> > January 2012 (there is some flexibility in the starting date).
> >
> > The full text of the proposal can be downloaded from
> >
> >
> http://www.uu.nl/faculty/humanities/EN/research/researchinstitutes/zeno/current/Pages/20110713-32-583-563-human-dignity.aspx
> >
> > For other questions please contact S.vanVliet@xxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
> Marcel Verweij
>
> joint editor-in-chief Public Health Ethics
> http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/
>
> coordinator Master Applied Ethics
>
> Ethics Institute, Department of Philosophy
> Utrecht University
>
> Janskerkhof 13a, 3512 BL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
>
> phone: +31 30 2539208
>
> >> THINKING AHEAD
> >> The Future and Bioethics, The Future of Bioethics
> >> IAB conference, 26-29th of June 2012
> >> http://bioethicsrotterdam.com/
>
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