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.
Some theories of justice in contemporary legal-political culture. Definitions of “justice”, principles and moral values assumed as justification criteria of social and legal order. Distributive policies Law as system of resources - and particularly rights - allocation; the relationship between law and market.
Explanation of subject matter, involving students in discussion and critical assessment of some ethical issues.
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
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
Ricevimento: The students can ask for an appointment writing to comanducci@unige.it
PAOLO COMANDUCCI (President)
ISABEL FANLO CORTES
GIOVANNI BATTISTA RATTI
MARIA CRISTINA REDONDO NATELLA
I semestre dal 17 settembre al 7 dicembre 2018II semestre dal 25 febbraio al 17 maggio 2019
Oral exam
It will be evaluated: understanding and memorizing the contents of the course; developing autonomous argumentation about ethical and meta-ethical questions; expressing them properly.
