Differences, inequalities and the politics of law
A.A. 2021/2022
Obiettivi formativi
The course aims at introducing students to the philosophical theory of justice, by analysing two normative ideas distinctive of the shared political culture of Western political communities, that is, the idea of the equal political status of all the members of the political community and the idea of their basic right to an equal treatment, understood - following Ronald Dworkin's analysis - in terms of equal concern and equal respect. In analysing these ideas, the course will consider their implications as regards States' responsibility to respect and protect individual differences and to prevent or redress unjust social inequalities.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
At the end of the course students should have acquired:
- knowledge of the main positions in the current philosophical debate on social justice and a better understanding of some normative ideas, including equal citizenships, equal concern, equal respect, equality of opportunity, democratic equality, freedom, toleration, neutrality, and socioeconomic justice;
- capability to apply acquired knowledge and understanding to the analysis and discussion of public controversies about the kind of legislation and public policy that governments should adopt in order to fulfill their responsibility to respect and protect individual differences and to prevent or redress unjust social inequalities.
In order to exercise their learning, critical and communication skills, students will be required to read texts, to discuss them and to express and defend personal opinions.
- knowledge of the main positions in the current philosophical debate on social justice and a better understanding of some normative ideas, including equal citizenships, equal concern, equal respect, equality of opportunity, democratic equality, freedom, toleration, neutrality, and socioeconomic justice;
- capability to apply acquired knowledge and understanding to the analysis and discussion of public controversies about the kind of legislation and public policy that governments should adopt in order to fulfill their responsibility to respect and protect individual differences and to prevent or redress unjust social inequalities.
In order to exercise their learning, critical and communication skills, students will be required to read texts, to discuss them and to express and defend personal opinions.
Periodo: Secondo trimestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
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Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Secondo trimestre
In order to abide by the restrictions enacted to reduce the spread of the Covid19 infection, the teaching activity will be carried out in blended learning mode. Students with a valid Covid19 Green Certificate could attend classes on campus; other students could attend classes through Microsoft Teams. The code to access the team will be made available through the Ariel website of the course.
Students attending classes on campus will be invited to connect to the team from the classroom through their PCs or mobiles, to facilitate discussion with students attending online. Students attending online will be required to switch on their webcams.
Classes will be held twice a week, on Monday and Tuesday.
Classes will be recorded. Access to recordings through the Ariel website of the course will be guaranteed for one year.
Students attending classes on campus will be invited to connect to the team from the classroom through their PCs or mobiles, to facilitate discussion with students attending online. Students attending online will be required to switch on their webcams.
Classes will be held twice a week, on Monday and Tuesday.
Classes will be recorded. Access to recordings through the Ariel website of the course will be guaranteed for one year.
Programma
The course will address the following topics:
- introduction: differences and inequalities
- the concept of social justice
- the validity of judgements and theories of justice
- political equality the right to equal consideration
- competitive equality of opportunity
- realizing competitive equality of opportunity
- meritocracy and affirmative action
- equality of opportunity and structural injustices
- justice in the distribution of wealth and income
- the proposal for an unconditional basic income
- freedom, its dimensions, and its value
- free will, determinism and responsibility
- the limitation of individual liberty
- liberal paternalism: forms and limits
- admissible limitations to liberty of expression
- individual liberty in the public space
- models of respect: tolerance and neutrality
- the limits of liberal neutrality
- political equality, democracy and inequalities
- conclusion: social justice, freedom and equality
- introduction: differences and inequalities
- the concept of social justice
- the validity of judgements and theories of justice
- political equality the right to equal consideration
- competitive equality of opportunity
- realizing competitive equality of opportunity
- meritocracy and affirmative action
- equality of opportunity and structural injustices
- justice in the distribution of wealth and income
- the proposal for an unconditional basic income
- freedom, its dimensions, and its value
- free will, determinism and responsibility
- the limitation of individual liberty
- liberal paternalism: forms and limits
- admissible limitations to liberty of expression
- individual liberty in the public space
- models of respect: tolerance and neutrality
- the limits of liberal neutrality
- political equality, democracy and inequalities
- conclusion: social justice, freedom and equality
Prerequisiti
No preliminary knowledge is required.
Metodi didattici
For attending students, learning will be promoted through lectures, class discussion, and individual reading of assigned material. Non-attending student should prepare for the exam through the individual reading of assigned material.
All students will be required to write a review essay on a topic freely chosen form a list that will be provided. For each topic, a reading list will also be provided; the review essay should cover all the readings included in the reading list.
All students will be required to write a review essay on a topic freely chosen form a list that will be provided. For each topic, a reading list will also be provided; the review essay should cover all the readings included in the reading list.
Materiale di riferimento
Attending students should choose one of the following thematic reading lists to prepare their review essay. The texts included in the chosen reading list will also be the object of the final colloquium.
1. Egalitarian Liberalism
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice (Harvard UP 1971), paragraphs 1-4 (pp. 3-22), 11-17 (pp. 60-108), 22-23 (pp. 126-136), 29 (pp. 175-183), 42-43 (pp. 265-284), 47-48 (pp. 303-315), and 80-81 (pp. 530-541).
Nagel, T., Equality and Partiality (Oxford UP 1991), chapters 1-2 (pp. 3-20), 6-13 (pp. 53-153).
Scanlon, T.M., Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018), chapters 2-6 (pp. 11-94), and 8-9 (117-151).
Young I.M., Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton UP 1990), chapters 1 (only pp. 15-24) and 7 (pp. 192-225).
Barry, B., Why Social Justice Matters (Polity Press 2005) chapters 2 (pp. 14-26) and 4-16 (pp. 37-230).
2. Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination Policies
Lippert-Rasmussen, K., Born Free and Equal? A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford UP 2014), chapters 1-6 (pp. 13-189).
Lippert-Rasmussen, K., Making Sense of Affirmative Action (Oxford UP 2020), whole book with the exclusion of chapter 11 (pp. 21o-229).
Anderson, E., The Imperative of Integration (Princeton UP 2010).
3. Laissez-Faire Liberalism and Libertarianism
Hayek, F.A., Law, Legislation, and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy (Routledge 1982) chapters 7 (vol. II, pp. 1-30), 9 (vol. II, pp. 62-100), 10 (vol. II, pp. 107-132), and 14-15 (vol. III, pp. 41-97).
Hayek, F.A., The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition (R. Hamowy (ed.), The University of Chicago Press 2011; original edition 1960), Part 3 (pp. 367-516).
Van Parijs, P., "Why Surfers Should Be Fed: The Liberal Case for an Unconditional Basic Income", Philosophy and Public Affairs 20/2 (1991), pp. 101-131.
Nozick, R., "Distributive Justice", Philosophy and Public Affairs 3/1 (1973), pp. 45-126.
Nagel, T., "Libertarianism without Foundations", The Yale Law Journal 85/1 (1975) pp. 136-149.
Scanlon, T.M., "Nozick on Rights, Liberty, and Property" Philosophy and Public Affairs 6/1 (1976), pp. 3-25.
Fried, B., "Wilt Chamberlain Revisited: Nozick's 'Justice in Transfer' and the Problem of Market-Based-Distribution", Philosophy and Public Affairs 24/3 (1995), pp. 226-245.
Cohen, G.A., Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality (Cambridge UP 1995), chapters 1-4 (pp. 19-115).
Otsuka, M., "Self-Ownership and Equality: A Lockean Reconciliation", Philosophy and Public Affairs 27/1 (1998), pp. 65-92.
4. Equality and Democracy
Dworkin, R., Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality (Harvard UP 2000), chapters 4 (pp. 186-210) and 10 (pp. 351-385).
Cohen, J., "Money, Politics, Political Equality", in Philosophy, Politics, Democracy: Selected Essays (Harvard UP 2009), pp. 268-302.
Scanlon, T.M., "Political Fairness", in Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018), pp. 74-94.
Estlund, D.M., Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework (Princeton UP 2007), chapters 1-11 (pp. 1-222) and 14 (pp. 258-276).
Brennan, J., Against Democracy (2nd edn. Princeton UP 2017).
5. Mill's Defense of Liberty and the Harm Principle
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012).
Mill, J.S., Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer 1871) book 5, chapter 11 ("Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laissez-Faire or Non-Interference Principle").
Gray, J., Mill on Liberty: A Defense (Routledge and Kegan Paul 1983).
Feinberg, J., Harm to Others (Oxford UP 1984).
Raz, J., The Morality of Freedom (Oxford UP 1986), chapter 1 (pp. 1-19) and parts 5 (pp. 367-429).
6. Freedom of Expression
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012), chapter 2 (pp. 31-99).
Scanlon, T.M., The Difficulty of Tolerance: Essays in Political Philosophy (Cambridge UP 2003), chapters 1 (pp. 6-25), 5 (pp. 84-112) and 8 (pp. 151-168).
Cohen, J., "Freedom of Expression", Philosophy and Public Affairs 22/3 (1993), pp. 207-263.
Schauer, F., "The Phenomenology of Speech and Harm", Ethics 103/4 (1993), pp. 635-653.
MacKinnon, C.A., Only Words (Harvard UP 1993).
Dworkin, R., Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution (Harvard UP/Oxford UP 1996), Part 2 (pp. 163-260).
Langton, R., "Whose Rights? Ronald Dworkin, Women, and Pornographers", Philosophy and Public Affairs 19/4 (1990), pp. 311-359.
Baker, C.E., "Harm, Liberty, and Free Speech", Southern California Law Review 70/4 (1997), pp. 979-1020.
Waldron, J., The Harm in Hate Speech (Harvard UP 2012), chapters 1 (pp. 1-17) and 3-5 (pp. 34-143).
7. Liberalism and Paternalism
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012), chapters 1 (pp. 7-30) and 3-5 (pp. 100-207).
Feinberg, J., Harm to Self (Oxford UP 1986).
Sunstein, C.R., Why Nudge? The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism (Yale UP 2014).
8. Liberty, Offense, and the Public Sphere
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012), chapters 1 (pp. 7-30) and 3-4 (pp. 100-167).
Feinberg, J., Offense to Others (Oxford UP 1985), chapters 7-10 (pp. 1-126).
Dworkin, R., "Liberty and Moralism" in Taking Rights Seriously (Bloomsbury 2013), pp. 289-310.
Dworkin, G., "Devlin Was Right: Law and the Enforcement of Morality", William and Mary Law Review 40/3 (1999), pp. 927-946.
Nagel, T., "Personal Rights and Public Space", Philosophy and Public Affairs 24/2 (1995), pp. 83-107.
Nagel, T., "Concealment and Exposure", Philosophy and Public Affairs 27/1 (1998), pp. 3-30.
Nussbaum, M.C., Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law (Princeton UP 2004).
9. Liberal Equality and Ideas of the Good
Nagel, T., "Moral Conflict and Political Legitimacy", Philosophy and Public Affairs 16/3 (1987), pp. 215-240.
Rawls, J., "The Priority of the Right and Ideas of the Good", Philosophy and Public Affairs 17/4 (1988), pp. 251-276.
Dworkin, R., "Equality and the Good Life", in Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality (Harvard UP 2000), pp. 237-284.
Raz, J., The Morality of Freedom (Oxford UP 1986), chapter 1 (pp. 1-19) and parts 1 (pp. 21-105), 2 (107-162), 4 (pp. 265-366) and 5 (pp. 367-429).
Quong, J., Liberalism without Perfection (Oxford UP 2011), introduction (pp. 1-11) and chapters 1-5 (pp. 12-160) and 9 (pp. 256-289).
10. Multiculturalism
Kymlicka, W., Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights (Oxford UP 1995), chapters 2-3 (pp. 10-48) and 5-8 (pp. 75-172).
Parekh, B., Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory (2nd edn., Plagrave Macmillan 2006), chapters 7-9 (pp. 196-294).
Okin, S.M., "Feminism and Multiculturalism: Some Tensions", Ethics 108/4 (1998), pp. 661-684.
Okin, S.M., "'Mistresses of Their Own Destiny': Group Rights, Gender, and Realistic Rights of Exit", Ethics 112/2 (2002), pp. 205-230.
Barry, B., Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism (Polity Press 2001).
11. Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice (Harvard UP 1971), paragraphs 11-17 (pp. 60-108), 42-43 (pp. 265-284), 47-48 (pp. 303-315).
Barry, B., Why Social Justice Matters (Polity Press 2005) parts 2-3 (pp. 35-127).
Daniels, N., "Merit and Meritocracy", Philosophy and Public Affairs 7/3 (1978), pp. 206-223.
Nagel, T., "Justice and Nature", Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 17/2 (1997), pp. 303-321.
Miller, D., "Deserving Jobs", The Philosophical Quarterly 42/167 (1992), pp. 161-181.
Young I.M., Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton UP 1990), chapter 7 (pp. 192-225).
Scanlon, T.M., Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018), chapters 4-5 (pp. 40-73), and 8 (117-132).
Sandel, M., The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020).
12. Equality of Educational Opportunity and Persons with Disabilities
Gutmann, A., Democratic Education (2nd edn., Princeton UP 1999), chapters 1-7 (pp. 3-231).
Anderson, E.S., "What Is the Point of Equality?", Ethics 109/2 (1999), pp. 287-337.
Anderson, E.S., "Fair Opportunity in Education: A Democratic Equality Perspective", Ethics 117/4 (2007), pp. 595-622.
Nussbaum, M.C., Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, and Species Membership (Harvard UP 2006), chapters 2-3 (pp. 96-223).
Pogge, T.W., "Can the Capability Approach Be Justified?" Philosophical Topics 30/2 (2002), pp. 167-228.
Terzi, L., "The Social Model of Disability: A Philosophical Critique", Journal of Applied Philosophy 21/2 (2004), pp. 141-157.
Cole, P., "The Body Politic: Theorising Disability and Impairment", Journal of Applied Philosophy 24/2 (2007), pp. 169-176.
Vorhaus, J., "Respecting Profoundly Disabled Learners." Journal of Philosophy of Education 40/3 (2006), pp. 313-328.
Terzi, L., "Capability and Educational Equality: The Just Distribution of Resources to Students with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs", Journal of Philosophy of Education 41/4 (2007), pp. 757-773.
Barclay, L., "Disability, Respect and Justice", Journal of Applied Philosophy 27/2 (2010), pp. 154-171.
Non-attending students should read the texts included in both the following thematic reading lists, and prepare their review essay on the texts included in one of them. The texts included in both reading lists will be the object of the final exam.
1. Egalitarian Liberalism
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice (Harvard UP 1971), paragraphs 1-4 (pp. 3-22), 11-17 (pp. 60-108), 22-23 (pp. 126-136), 29 (pp. 175-183), 42-43 (pp. 265-284), 47-48 (pp. 303-315), and 80-81 (pp. 530-541).
Nagel, T., Equality and Partiality (Oxford UP 1991), chapters 1-2 (pp. 3-20), 6-13 (pp. 53-153).
Scanlon, T.M., Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018).
2. Liberalism and Perfectionism
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012).
Nagel, T., "Moral Conflict and Political Legitimacy", Philosophy and Public Affairs 16/3 (1987), pp. 215-240.
Rawls, J., "The Priority of the Right and Ideas of the Good", Philosophy and Public Affairs 17/4 (1988), pp. 251-276.
Raz, J., The Morality of Freedom (Oxford UP 1986), chapter 1 (pp. 1-19) and parts 2 (107-162), and 5 (pp. 367-429).
Quong, J., Liberalism without Perfection (Oxford UP 2011), introduction (pp. 1-11) and chapters 1-4 (pp. 12-136).
1. Egalitarian Liberalism
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice (Harvard UP 1971), paragraphs 1-4 (pp. 3-22), 11-17 (pp. 60-108), 22-23 (pp. 126-136), 29 (pp. 175-183), 42-43 (pp. 265-284), 47-48 (pp. 303-315), and 80-81 (pp. 530-541).
Nagel, T., Equality and Partiality (Oxford UP 1991), chapters 1-2 (pp. 3-20), 6-13 (pp. 53-153).
Scanlon, T.M., Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018), chapters 2-6 (pp. 11-94), and 8-9 (117-151).
Young I.M., Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton UP 1990), chapters 1 (only pp. 15-24) and 7 (pp. 192-225).
Barry, B., Why Social Justice Matters (Polity Press 2005) chapters 2 (pp. 14-26) and 4-16 (pp. 37-230).
2. Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination Policies
Lippert-Rasmussen, K., Born Free and Equal? A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford UP 2014), chapters 1-6 (pp. 13-189).
Lippert-Rasmussen, K., Making Sense of Affirmative Action (Oxford UP 2020), whole book with the exclusion of chapter 11 (pp. 21o-229).
Anderson, E., The Imperative of Integration (Princeton UP 2010).
3. Laissez-Faire Liberalism and Libertarianism
Hayek, F.A., Law, Legislation, and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy (Routledge 1982) chapters 7 (vol. II, pp. 1-30), 9 (vol. II, pp. 62-100), 10 (vol. II, pp. 107-132), and 14-15 (vol. III, pp. 41-97).
Hayek, F.A., The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition (R. Hamowy (ed.), The University of Chicago Press 2011; original edition 1960), Part 3 (pp. 367-516).
Van Parijs, P., "Why Surfers Should Be Fed: The Liberal Case for an Unconditional Basic Income", Philosophy and Public Affairs 20/2 (1991), pp. 101-131.
Nozick, R., "Distributive Justice", Philosophy and Public Affairs 3/1 (1973), pp. 45-126.
Nagel, T., "Libertarianism without Foundations", The Yale Law Journal 85/1 (1975) pp. 136-149.
Scanlon, T.M., "Nozick on Rights, Liberty, and Property" Philosophy and Public Affairs 6/1 (1976), pp. 3-25.
Fried, B., "Wilt Chamberlain Revisited: Nozick's 'Justice in Transfer' and the Problem of Market-Based-Distribution", Philosophy and Public Affairs 24/3 (1995), pp. 226-245.
Cohen, G.A., Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality (Cambridge UP 1995), chapters 1-4 (pp. 19-115).
Otsuka, M., "Self-Ownership and Equality: A Lockean Reconciliation", Philosophy and Public Affairs 27/1 (1998), pp. 65-92.
4. Equality and Democracy
Dworkin, R., Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality (Harvard UP 2000), chapters 4 (pp. 186-210) and 10 (pp. 351-385).
Cohen, J., "Money, Politics, Political Equality", in Philosophy, Politics, Democracy: Selected Essays (Harvard UP 2009), pp. 268-302.
Scanlon, T.M., "Political Fairness", in Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018), pp. 74-94.
Estlund, D.M., Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework (Princeton UP 2007), chapters 1-11 (pp. 1-222) and 14 (pp. 258-276).
Brennan, J., Against Democracy (2nd edn. Princeton UP 2017).
5. Mill's Defense of Liberty and the Harm Principle
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012).
Mill, J.S., Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer 1871) book 5, chapter 11 ("Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laissez-Faire or Non-Interference Principle").
Gray, J., Mill on Liberty: A Defense (Routledge and Kegan Paul 1983).
Feinberg, J., Harm to Others (Oxford UP 1984).
Raz, J., The Morality of Freedom (Oxford UP 1986), chapter 1 (pp. 1-19) and parts 5 (pp. 367-429).
6. Freedom of Expression
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012), chapter 2 (pp. 31-99).
Scanlon, T.M., The Difficulty of Tolerance: Essays in Political Philosophy (Cambridge UP 2003), chapters 1 (pp. 6-25), 5 (pp. 84-112) and 8 (pp. 151-168).
Cohen, J., "Freedom of Expression", Philosophy and Public Affairs 22/3 (1993), pp. 207-263.
Schauer, F., "The Phenomenology of Speech and Harm", Ethics 103/4 (1993), pp. 635-653.
MacKinnon, C.A., Only Words (Harvard UP 1993).
Dworkin, R., Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution (Harvard UP/Oxford UP 1996), Part 2 (pp. 163-260).
Langton, R., "Whose Rights? Ronald Dworkin, Women, and Pornographers", Philosophy and Public Affairs 19/4 (1990), pp. 311-359.
Baker, C.E., "Harm, Liberty, and Free Speech", Southern California Law Review 70/4 (1997), pp. 979-1020.
Waldron, J., The Harm in Hate Speech (Harvard UP 2012), chapters 1 (pp. 1-17) and 3-5 (pp. 34-143).
7. Liberalism and Paternalism
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012), chapters 1 (pp. 7-30) and 3-5 (pp. 100-207).
Feinberg, J., Harm to Self (Oxford UP 1986).
Sunstein, C.R., Why Nudge? The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism (Yale UP 2014).
8. Liberty, Offense, and the Public Sphere
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012), chapters 1 (pp. 7-30) and 3-4 (pp. 100-167).
Feinberg, J., Offense to Others (Oxford UP 1985), chapters 7-10 (pp. 1-126).
Dworkin, R., "Liberty and Moralism" in Taking Rights Seriously (Bloomsbury 2013), pp. 289-310.
Dworkin, G., "Devlin Was Right: Law and the Enforcement of Morality", William and Mary Law Review 40/3 (1999), pp. 927-946.
Nagel, T., "Personal Rights and Public Space", Philosophy and Public Affairs 24/2 (1995), pp. 83-107.
Nagel, T., "Concealment and Exposure", Philosophy and Public Affairs 27/1 (1998), pp. 3-30.
Nussbaum, M.C., Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law (Princeton UP 2004).
9. Liberal Equality and Ideas of the Good
Nagel, T., "Moral Conflict and Political Legitimacy", Philosophy and Public Affairs 16/3 (1987), pp. 215-240.
Rawls, J., "The Priority of the Right and Ideas of the Good", Philosophy and Public Affairs 17/4 (1988), pp. 251-276.
Dworkin, R., "Equality and the Good Life", in Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality (Harvard UP 2000), pp. 237-284.
Raz, J., The Morality of Freedom (Oxford UP 1986), chapter 1 (pp. 1-19) and parts 1 (pp. 21-105), 2 (107-162), 4 (pp. 265-366) and 5 (pp. 367-429).
Quong, J., Liberalism without Perfection (Oxford UP 2011), introduction (pp. 1-11) and chapters 1-5 (pp. 12-160) and 9 (pp. 256-289).
10. Multiculturalism
Kymlicka, W., Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights (Oxford UP 1995), chapters 2-3 (pp. 10-48) and 5-8 (pp. 75-172).
Parekh, B., Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory (2nd edn., Plagrave Macmillan 2006), chapters 7-9 (pp. 196-294).
Okin, S.M., "Feminism and Multiculturalism: Some Tensions", Ethics 108/4 (1998), pp. 661-684.
Okin, S.M., "'Mistresses of Their Own Destiny': Group Rights, Gender, and Realistic Rights of Exit", Ethics 112/2 (2002), pp. 205-230.
Barry, B., Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism (Polity Press 2001).
11. Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice (Harvard UP 1971), paragraphs 11-17 (pp. 60-108), 42-43 (pp. 265-284), 47-48 (pp. 303-315).
Barry, B., Why Social Justice Matters (Polity Press 2005) parts 2-3 (pp. 35-127).
Daniels, N., "Merit and Meritocracy", Philosophy and Public Affairs 7/3 (1978), pp. 206-223.
Nagel, T., "Justice and Nature", Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 17/2 (1997), pp. 303-321.
Miller, D., "Deserving Jobs", The Philosophical Quarterly 42/167 (1992), pp. 161-181.
Young I.M., Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton UP 1990), chapter 7 (pp. 192-225).
Scanlon, T.M., Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018), chapters 4-5 (pp. 40-73), and 8 (117-132).
Sandel, M., The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020).
12. Equality of Educational Opportunity and Persons with Disabilities
Gutmann, A., Democratic Education (2nd edn., Princeton UP 1999), chapters 1-7 (pp. 3-231).
Anderson, E.S., "What Is the Point of Equality?", Ethics 109/2 (1999), pp. 287-337.
Anderson, E.S., "Fair Opportunity in Education: A Democratic Equality Perspective", Ethics 117/4 (2007), pp. 595-622.
Nussbaum, M.C., Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, and Species Membership (Harvard UP 2006), chapters 2-3 (pp. 96-223).
Pogge, T.W., "Can the Capability Approach Be Justified?" Philosophical Topics 30/2 (2002), pp. 167-228.
Terzi, L., "The Social Model of Disability: A Philosophical Critique", Journal of Applied Philosophy 21/2 (2004), pp. 141-157.
Cole, P., "The Body Politic: Theorising Disability and Impairment", Journal of Applied Philosophy 24/2 (2007), pp. 169-176.
Vorhaus, J., "Respecting Profoundly Disabled Learners." Journal of Philosophy of Education 40/3 (2006), pp. 313-328.
Terzi, L., "Capability and Educational Equality: The Just Distribution of Resources to Students with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs", Journal of Philosophy of Education 41/4 (2007), pp. 757-773.
Barclay, L., "Disability, Respect and Justice", Journal of Applied Philosophy 27/2 (2010), pp. 154-171.
Non-attending students should read the texts included in both the following thematic reading lists, and prepare their review essay on the texts included in one of them. The texts included in both reading lists will be the object of the final exam.
1. Egalitarian Liberalism
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice (Harvard UP 1971), paragraphs 1-4 (pp. 3-22), 11-17 (pp. 60-108), 22-23 (pp. 126-136), 29 (pp. 175-183), 42-43 (pp. 265-284), 47-48 (pp. 303-315), and 80-81 (pp. 530-541).
Nagel, T., Equality and Partiality (Oxford UP 1991), chapters 1-2 (pp. 3-20), 6-13 (pp. 53-153).
Scanlon, T.M., Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford UP 2018).
2. Liberalism and Perfectionism
Mill, J.S., On Liberty (reprint of the original edition of 1859; Cambridge UP 2012).
Nagel, T., "Moral Conflict and Political Legitimacy", Philosophy and Public Affairs 16/3 (1987), pp. 215-240.
Rawls, J., "The Priority of the Right and Ideas of the Good", Philosophy and Public Affairs 17/4 (1988), pp. 251-276.
Raz, J., The Morality of Freedom (Oxford UP 1986), chapter 1 (pp. 1-19) and parts 2 (107-162), and 5 (pp. 367-429).
Quong, J., Liberalism without Perfection (Oxford UP 2011), introduction (pp. 1-11) and chapters 1-4 (pp. 12-136).
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
Assessment methods and criteria will be different for attending and non-attending students.
In order to be considered attending student, attendance of 3/5 of classes (12 on 20) is required.
For attending students, the final assessment will be based on attendance, participation, a review essay, a written exam, and a final colloquium. Students who get a mark of at least 28/30 in both the review essay and the written exam will be exempted from the final colloquium.
For non-attending students, the final assessment will be based on a review essay, a written exam, and a final colloquium.
For further information about assessment methods and criteria, and instructions to write the review essay, consult the documents that will be uploaded on the Ariel website of the course.
In order to be considered attending student, attendance of 3/5 of classes (12 on 20) is required.
For attending students, the final assessment will be based on attendance, participation, a review essay, a written exam, and a final colloquium. Students who get a mark of at least 28/30 in both the review essay and the written exam will be exempted from the final colloquium.
For non-attending students, the final assessment will be based on a review essay, a written exam, and a final colloquium.
For further information about assessment methods and criteria, and instructions to write the review essay, consult the documents that will be uploaded on the Ariel website of the course.
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I ricevimenti in presenza si terranno presso l'ufficio del docente che si trova al secondo piano dell'edificio che si affaccia su via Passione (stanza 206). I ricevimenti online si terranno tramite Microsoft Teams.