Master
2023/2024
Theory of Justice
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Philosophical Anthropology)
Area of studies:
Philosophy
Delivered by:
School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Alexei Gloukhov
Master’s programme:
Philosophical Antropology
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This is an elective course offered in the second year of the master program ‘Philosophical Anthropology’. Justice is studied as a fundamental philosophical way of navigating complex poltitical reality. Course begins with the classical vision of humans as animals possessing language and in particular the common language of justice. Classical problem of justice and classical vision of language and community were reinterpreted in the Early Modernity with the consequence that rationality, rule-following, and normativity are considered to be the foundation of justice. The main part of the course focuses on the contemporary analytic theories of justice, relying either on individual or group rationality. We discuss deontology, utilitarianism, basics of game theory, Rawls and his critics such as Nozick, communitarians, Sen etc.; also Analytic Marxism, Feminist and Republican theories of justice. Course concludes with discussion of the typical Continental uneasiness in relation to justice in the works by Heidegger, Arendt, Lyotard, and Derrida.
Learning Objectives
- The objective of the course is to make students familiar with classical and major contemporary philosophical theories of justice. Compare classical, analityc, and continental approaches to justice. Deepen understanding of justice as a fundamental philosophical way of navigating complex political reality.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students learn classical philosophical theories, master essential concepts, discuss key problems and solutions.
Course Contents
- 01. Classical Theories of Justice
- 02. Hobbes, Justice, and the Social Contract
- 03. Individual Rationality Part 1. Deontology and justice
- 04. Individual Rationality Part 2. Utilitarianism and justice
- 05. Individual Rationality Part 3. Game theory and justice
- 06. Rawls: Beyond deontology and utilitarianism
- 07. Criticism and Alternatives to Rawls. Nozick, Communitarians
- 08. Dworkin on Equality
- 09. Gauthier's Contractarianism
- 10. Sen's theory of justice
- 11. Analytical Marxist and Feminist Theories of Justice
- 12. Group Rationality Part 1. Conventions, Contractualism
- 13. Group Rationality Part 2. Republicanism and Justice
- 14. Continental Theories of Justice Part 1. Heidegger, Arendt
- 15. Continental Theories of Justice Part 2. Lyotard, Derrida.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Alexei, G. (2015). Arendt on Positive Freedom. Социологическое Обозрение, (2). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsclk&AN=edsclk.15835542
- Aristotle, & Jonathan Barnes. (2016). Aristotle’s Politics : Writings From the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens. Princeton University Press.
- Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes, & Anthony Kenny. (2014). Aristotle’s Ethics : Writings From the Complete Works - Revised Edition. Princeton University Press.
- Barron, E. N. (2013). Game Theory : An Introduction (Vol. Second edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=565752
- Benson, H. H. (2006). A Companion to Plato. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=193221
- Brennan, S. (1999). Robert Goodin, Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy. Reviewed by. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.CC4AF80B
- Burdon, P. (2017). Hannah Arendt : Legal Theory and the Eichmann Trial. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1598224
- Bykvist, K. (2010). Utilitarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=344279
- Casassas, D., & Larrinaga, I. (2006). PETTIT, Philip. The Common Mind: An Essay on Psychology, Society and Politics. Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government. A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrac&AN=edsrac.52777
- Dworkin’s Constructive Interpretation as a Method of Legal Research. (2016). Recht En Methode in Onderzoek En Onderwijs, 2016, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5553/rem/.000012
- Etzioni, A. (1989). D54 - [Review of] Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory; Michael J. Sandel, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice; Michael Walzer, Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality; Michael Walzer, Interpretation and Social Criticism; and Benjamin Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.50605D0D
- Fitzgerald, J. (2014). The Cambridge Companion to Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 11(4), 539–542. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01104013
- Halfond, I. (2019). Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick. Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=ers&AN=89876384
- Harsanyi, J. C. (1987). Morals by Agreement, David Gauthier, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986, 297 pages. Economics and Philosophy, (02), 339. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.cup.ecnphi.v3y1987i02p339.351.00
- John Rawls : an introduction, Lehning, P. B., 2009
- JOHN STUART MILL. (2017). Utilitarianism. [S.l.]: BookRix. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1469830
- Leavitt, N. (2013). The Foreign Policy of John Rawls and Amartya Sen. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=648569
- Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars. A moral Argument with Historical Illustrations, Basic Books, Nueva York, 1977, pp. 361. (2017). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A2D44619
- Miller, D., & Dagger, R. (2006). Utilitarianism and Beyond: Contemporary Analytical Political Theory. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3F97381B
- Myerson, R. B. (1991). Game Theory : Analysis of Conflict. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=562543
- Osborne, M. J. (2009). An introduction to game theory / Martin J. Osborne. New York [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.324093616
- Pourtois Hervé. (2014). Philip Pettit, On the People’s Terms. A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy. Revue Philosophique de Louvain, (4), 763. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsper&AN=edsper.phlou.0035.3841.2014.num.112.4.8386.t1.0763.0000.2
- Prisner, E. (2014). Game Theory : Through Examples. [Washington, District of Columbia]: Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=800654
- Rawls, J. (DE-588)118598678, (DE-576)209078766. (1999). A theory of justice / John Rawls. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.08199320X
- Rawls's "A theory of justice" : an introduction, Mandle, J., 2009
- Salikov, A. (2013). Kant and the contemporary theory of international relations. Vestnik IKBFU, 12, 97–103.
- Schofield, M. (2006). Plato : Political Philosophy. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=215317
- Séverine Deneulin, & Jhonatan Clausen. (2019). Collective Choice and Social Welfare by Amartya Sen: A review essay with reference to development in Peru. Development Policy Review, (4), 564. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12376
- Susanne Lüdemann. (2014). Politics of Deconstruction : A New Introduction to Jacques Derrida. Stanford University Press.
- WONG, S. G. (2008). The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes’s Leviathan. Renaissance Quarterly, 61(3), 920–921. https://doi.org/10.1353/ren.0.0197
- Wortham, S. (2010). The Derrida Dictionary. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=341723
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Habermas and Rawls : disputing the political, , 2013
- John Rawls: critical assessments of leading political philosophers. Vol.1: Foundations and method, Rawls, J., 2006
- John Rawls: critical assessments of leading political philosophers. Vol.2: Principles of justice I, Rawls, J., 2006
- John Rawls: critical assessments of leading political philosophers. Vol.3: Principles of justice II, Rawls, J., 2006
- Justice and the social contract : essays on Rawlsian political philosophy, Freeman, S., 2009