OVERVIEW

This course aims to provide the students with a basic knowledge of the most important models of political order by analyzing the most relevant theories in the history of Western political thought.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course aims to

• provide the students with a conceptual overview of the main classical and contemporary theories concerning political order and of the most important related concepts (justice, legitimacy, political normativity, inclusion and exclusion);
• Compare different models of political order and draw their normative implications;
• Investigate the different argumentative strategies of the main traditions in political philosophy.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Comprendere e saper utilizzare concetti fondamentali della filosofia politica quali

• Legittimità e ordine politico
• Realismo vs. idealismo
• Monismo vs. istituzionalismo
• Ordine artificiale vs. ordine naturale
• Contratto vs. convenzione

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures on Teams platform: 

Introduzione alla filosofia politica 2021: pnh7eth

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The most important models of political order will be critically analysed. In particular, the course will investigate the following traditions as competing paradigms: idealism vs realism, artificialism vs naturalism, contractualism vs conventionalism, monism vs. institutionalism. Such investigation will be addressed via the analysis of the political theories of Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Bentham, Mill, and Rawls.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For all

• S. Petrucciani, Modelli di filosofia politica, Einaudi
• J. Rawls, Una teoria della giustizia (§§ 1-40), Feltrinelli

One among the following

• Platone, Repubblica (libri 1-4), trad. M. Vegetti, Rizzoli
• T. Hobbes, Leviatano (parte I-II), Laterza
• J. Locke, Trattato sul governo (tutto il secondo trattato)
• D. Hume, Trattato sulla natura umana (libro III), Laterza + J.S. Mill, L’utilitarismo, in La libertà. L’utilitarismo. L’asservimento delle donne, Rizzoli
• J.-J. Rousseau, Il contratto sociale (qualsiasi edizione recente)

Further suggested readings (not compulsory)

T. Magri, Contratto e convenzione, Roma-Bari, Laterza

V. Ottonelli, Leggere Rawls, Bologna, Il Mulino

M. Reichlin, L’utilitarismo, il Mulino

M. Vegetti, Il potere della verità. Saggi platonici, Carocci  

S. Veca, Filosofia politica, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2003

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FEDERICO ZUOLO (President)

VALERIA OTTONELLI

CORRADO FUMAGALLI (Substitute)

MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

01/03/2021

Class schedule

INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

EXAMS

Exam schedule