| CODE | 45335 |
|---|---|
| ACADEMIC YEAR | 2017/2018 |
| CREDITS | 6 credits during the 3nd year of 7995 LAW (LMG/01) GENOVA |
| SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | IUS/20 |
| LANGUAGE | Italian (Spanish on demand) |
| TEACHING LOCATION | GENOVA (LAW) |
| MODULES | This unit is composed by: |
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.
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.
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
Office hours: 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
Explanation of subject matter, involving students in discussion and critical assessment of some ethical issues.
I semester from September, 18th to December, 7th 2017 (12 weeks)
II semester from February, 26th to May, 18th 2018 (12 weeks)
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
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.