Admission requirements
Admission to one of the following programmes is required:
MA Philosophy 60 EC: PPE, or Ethics and Politics
MA Philosophy 120 EC: Philosophy of Law, or Philosophy of Political Science
Description
Provisional description
In this seminar we will look at contemporary discussions of distributive economic justice. The emphasis will be on contemporary theories of distributive justice. In addition we will look at what these proposals imply for domestic economic institutions, such as labor markets, welfare policies and taxation, as well as for international institutions, such as immigration policies, international financial arrangements, poverty and development.
Course objectives
Provisional course objectives
This course aims to:
acquaint students with contemporary theories of disctributive justice, in particular those of John Rawls, Amartya Sen, G.A. Cohen, and others;
familiarize students with applications of these theories to real-world problems such as welfare policies, taxation schemes, global poverty alleviation.
Students who successfully complete the course will have a good understanding of :
the theories of distributive justice of Rawls, Sen, Cohen, Dworkin, Nozick and others;
theories justice in taxation;
theories of justice and welfare policy;
theory of global distributive justice.
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
recognize arguments of distributive justice and apply these in real world contexts;
be able to read and understand contemporary research in distributive justice;
formulate and present an argument of distributive justice in writing and in a presentation;
understand the connections between abstract theories of distributive justice and real-life situations;
independently survey and research a project in distributive justice.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the MA Philosophy website
MA Philosophy 60 EC or MA Philosophy 120 EC
Mode of instruction
- Seminars
Class attendance is required.
Course Load
Total course load (10 EC x 28 hrs): 280 hours
- Attending seminar sessions (14 × 2 hrs): 28 hours
Further calculation of course load to be announced.
Assessment method
To be announced.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
To be announced.
Reading list
To be announced.
Registration
Enrolment for courses and exams through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch
Students are strongly advised to register in uSis through the activity number which can be found in the timetables for and exams in the column under the heading “uSis-Actnbr”.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable.
Contact
To be announced.
Remarks
Not applicable.