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This course, The ethics of cultural heritage, will provide the basic theory behind the protection of cultural property in war zones.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
12 hours, 59 minutes
Units & Quizzes
49
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
It is structured in three parts: the protection of cultural property; the legal basis for that protection; and accounts of proportionality (that is, on deciding whether or not there is a feasible alternative to damaging cultural property). It explores some of the most pressing ethical questions surrounding the treatment of cultural heritage.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Understand the role which cultural heritage plays in our society, and some of the ways in which it can be beneficial or important to us
- Examine and apply the rules of the Hague Convention of 1954 (on protecting heritage in war) in both real and hypothetical examples
- Recognise occasions where we might face a dilemma between preventing damage to heritage and preventing harm to human beings
- Analyse some of the key arguments given for and against heritage protection in such circumstances
- Connect these arguments to case studies, such as the Notre-Dame fire in 2019, the destruction of Palmyra in 2015, and the bombing of Monte Cassino in the Second World War.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:15:00
- Learning outcomes 00:10:00
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- Introduction 00:05:00
- Learning outcomes 00:05:00
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- Notre-Dame Cathedral 00:15:00
- The Notre-Dame fire 00:25:00
- The day after the fire 00:05:00
- Response to the fire 00:15:00
- Charitable donations to the restoration project 00:30:00
- The debate about rebuilding Notre-Dame 00:25:00
- The ‘It’s my money’ response (part 1) 00:20:00
- The ‘It’s my money’ response (part 2) 00:10:00
- The French government 00:15:00
- The economic justification for rebuilding 00:20:00
- The heritage value justification for rebuilding 00:20:00
- Can heritage values outweigh the value of human lives? 00:20:00
- Week 1 summary 00:10:00
- Monte Cassino Abbey 00:20:00
- The destruction of Monte Cassino 00:25:00
- Arguments for and against protecting cultural property in war 00:10:00
- The humanitarian position 00:15:00
- The force-multiplier argument 00:25:00
- The heritage value justification (again) 00:20:00
- Week 2 summary 00:07:00
- The inseparability thesis 00:30:00
- The evidential reading 00:10:00
- Problems with the evidential reading 00:10:00
- The strategic reading 00:20:00
- Problems with the strategic reading 00:15:00
- The constitutive reading 00:15:00
- The value of a flourishing life 00:05:00
- The constitutive reading (continued) 00:20:00
- Problems with the constitutive reading 00:25:00
- Section conclusion 00:10:00
