CODE 101399 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 FILOSOFIA 11865 (L-5 R) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/01 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester 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 Providing students with a conceptual overview of the main classical and contemporary theories regarding the political order and the most important concepts related to it (justice, legitimacy, political normativity, inclusion and exclusion). Comparing the main key models and understanding their regulatory implications. Learning about the argumentative structures of the main theoretical families of political philosophy which characterize their differences. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Capacity to understand and use some fundamental concepts in political philosophy Legitimacy and political order Realism vs. idealism Monism vs. institutionalism Artificial vs natural order Contract vs. convention Capacity to apply these concepts to the interpretation of the classical texts Capacity to reconstruct the main arguments of the classical texts TEACHING METHODS Lectures. 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 Reading list for attending students J. Rawls, Una teoria della giustizia (§§ 1-40), Feltrinelli a text 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) Reading list for non attending students: J. Rawls, Una teoria della giustizia (§§ 1-40), Feltrinelli S. Maffettone, Introduzione a Rawls, Laterza (pp. 17-78) one text 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) and the chapter of the chosen author in the following handbook: O. Guaraldo, A. Salvatore, F. Zuolo (a cura di), Manuale di filosofia politica. Dai sofisti a Arendt, Quodlibet 2022 Check the slides in AulaWeb ( https://2023.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=9126 ) for further information. Reading the following handbook is advisable, not compulsory, for all students: O. Guaraldo, A. Salvatore, F. Zuolo (a cura di), Manuale di filosofia politica. Dai sofisti a Arendt. Check the slides in AulaWeb ( https://2023.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=9126 ) for further information. 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 The reading list might change before the course begins. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD FEDERICO ZUOLO Ricevimento: Write an email to federico.zuolo@unige.it LESSONS LESSONS START 17 february 2025 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral examination Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals Quality education