1. Suffering

2. Suffering
• What kinds of suffering are part of world
history?
• Why is there suffering?
• There ARE reasons.

3. Suffering
What is suffering?
• Think only of human suffering.
• Think of large events that affect many people.

4. Suffering
Some types of suffering:

5. Suffering depends on perspective.
Mom is so mean. She took
the TV out of my bedroom That’s
and I don’t even have an iPod
that plays movies.
suffering!

6. Suffering can be Suffering
measuredon a spectrum.
• Color Spectrum:

7. Suffering can be Suffering
measured on a spectrum.
• Suffering Spectrum:
More Suffering Less Suffering
Mow your Not a
Genocide Slavery Homeless
own lawn billionaire

8. Do we really want to Suffering
end all suffering?

9. Why do we Suffering
study suffering?
• In order to reduce the suffering in the world,
we must understand WHY suffering happens.
• If we
understand
WHY, maybe
we can find a
better way.

10. Part 1: Human Rights
• Your goal:
Be able to
describe human
rights and the
origins of these
ideals.

11. What are Human Rights?
• Human rights are basic
rights and freedoms
that all people are
entitled to regardless of
nationality, sex, national
or ethnic origin, race,
religion, language, or
other status.

12. What are Human Rights?
• Civil rights, political rights,
• Social, economic
• Life, liberty
• Freedom of expression
• Right to food, right to work,
• Right to education

13. Origins of Human Rights
• Where did the idea come from?
– Religion
– Enlightenment

14. Religious Influence
• Judaism
• Jewish law taught morality
– Fight injustice
– Fight oppression
– Help the less fortunate

15. Religious Influence
• Christianity
• Jesus taught acceptance
– Fight inequality
– Fight slavery

16. Religious Influence
• Islam
• Mohammed taught individual worth
– Individuals are valuable
– People should be tolerant of different groups

17. Enlightenment
• mid-1700s
• Period of new ideas about science and art and
government.

18. Enlightenment Thinkers
John Locke
• All people are born free and equal
• Natural rights
– Life
– Liberty
– Property

19. Enlightenment Thinkers
Voltaire
• Tolerance of others
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of speech

20. Rights-Based Documents
• Magna Carta (England)
– Right to due process of law
• English Bill of Rights (England)
– Freedom of speech
• Declaration of Independence (USA)
– Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

21. Rights-Based Documents
• US Bill of Rights (USA)
– Freedom of speech, assembly, press and religion
• Declaration of the Rights of Man and the
Citizen (France)
– Equality, liberty, property, security, no oppression