[applied-ethics] Re: Reminder: PhD vacancies: Human Dignity as the Foundation of Human Rights?
- From: Fouzia Kazim <fouziakazim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "applied-ethics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <applied-ethics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:16:20 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Marcel, thank you for forwarding email regarding PhD positions in Utrecht
University. I am interested in project A and C. The requirements needs an
application and an outline how to fill in the job position. Would you please
guide me that the second requirement is basically the way I look at the problem
and motivation or I need to send a complete research proposal? Another thing I
opened the link where applications have to be submitted. its all in Dutch I
tried to convert into English but it didnt. with my very primary understanding
of Dutch language I understood that there are few tabs for uploading CV
application and motivation and a couple of files. Do I need to prepare an
application, separate motivation and outline of the proposal? (As my
application includes my motivation for this project)
Kindly guide me in this regard. I would be very grateful to you.
Thank you
Best regards
Fouzia
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From: Marcel Verweij <m.f.verweij@xxxxx>
To: applied-ethics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:37 PM
Subject: [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 generationsbecome 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
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coordinator Master Applied Ethics
Ethics Institute, Department of Philosophy
Utrecht University
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