CODE 45335 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - 6 cfu anno 4 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - 6 cfu anno 5 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/20 LANGUAGE Italian (Spanish on demand) TEACHING LOCATION MODULES Questo insegnamento è composto da: THE DISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES THEORIES OF JUSTICE IN CONTEMPORARY LEGAL POLITICAL CULTURE OVERVIEW The course has the following topics: the analysis of some fundamental concepts of political philosophy; the study of the main contemporary theories of distributive justice, with specific reference to ones which have, as a subject matter, legal systems and public institutions. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES It is request to attending students, whose learning level is also verified in the classroom, that they understand and memorise the contents presented by the teacher, and develop autonomous argumentation about ethical and meta-ethical questions treated in the lessons. It is request to not attending students that they understand and memorise the main conceptual and normative questions treated in the reference book, and express them properly. TEACHING METHODS Explanation of subject matter, involving students in discussion and critical assessment of some ethical issues. SYLLABUS/CONTENT 1. Methodological premises 2. Morals, politics and law 3. Private and public ethics 4. Normative ethics and meta-ethics 5. Concept and conceptions of justice 6. Distributive justice 7. Contractualism, libertarianism and utilitarianism 8. Rawls’s contractualism 9. Nozick’s libertarianism 10. Harsanyi’s utilitarianism 11. Gender studies and feminism 12. Communitarianism and criticism to liberal theories 13. The current debate on cultural rights 14. Will Kymlicka’s liberal communitarianism RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Reference book for attending students: P. Comanducci, Contrattualismo, utilitarismo, garanzie, pp. 272 (available on AulaWeb) Reference book for not attending students: E. Garzón Valdés, Tolleranza, responsabilità e Stato di diritto. Saggi di filosofia morale e politica, ed. by P. Comanducci and T. Mazzarese, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003, pp. 400 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD PAOLO COMANDUCCI Ricevimento: The students can ask for an appointment writing to comanducci@unige.it Exam Board PAOLO COMANDUCCI (President) ISABEL FANLO CORTES GIOVANNI BATTISTA RATTI MARIA CRISTINA REDONDO NATELLA LESSONS LESSONS START I semester from September, 18th to December, 7th 2017 (12 weeks) II semester from February, 26th to May, 18th 2018 (12 weeks) Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS It will be evaluated: understanding and memorizing the contents of the course; developing autonomous argumentation about ethical and meta-ethical questions; expressing them properly.
