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The course introduces the issue of inequalities and justice from the perspective of political philosophy. It analyzes central schemes of modern and contemporary political philosophy: freedom and equality, formal and substantive equality, market and social protection, individual responsibility and social justice, equality of opportunity and equality of living conditions. Its starting point is the formation of the modern problematic of equality: from the optimism of the Enlightenment and the liberal belief in progress, to Rousseau’s critical analysis of the genesis of inequality, Smith’s political economy and Marx’s critique of the capitalist production of pauperization. Particular emphasis is placed on the question of the just polity and on contemporary political philosophy, through concepts such as equaliberty, recognition and redistribution, as well as through the renewal of currents of thought such as liberalism, utilitarianism and republicanism.
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1 . Introduction: freedom and equality, formal and substantive equality, social justice, equality of opportunity and equality of living conditions.
2–3. The formation of the problem of equality in modernity: property and political society.
4 . Rousseau on inequality.
5 . Adam Smith and political economy.
6–7. Marx and the critique of political economy.
8–9. John Stuart Mill: utilitarianism and social welfare.
10 . Tocqueville and democratic equality.
11–12. Contemporary theories of justice: justice as fairness in Rawls.
13 . Contemporary debates on justice and the market.
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| Δραστηριότητα | Φόρτος Εργασίας Εξαμήνου |
|---|---|
| Σύνολο Μαθήματος | 140 |
| Διαλέξεις | 40 |
| Ασκήσεις στην τάξη | 15 |
| Εκπαιδευτική εκδρομή | 10 |
| Αυτόνομη μελέτη στην διάρκεια του εξαμήνου | 45 |
| Μελέτη προετοιμασίας για τις εξετάσεις | 30 |
Αξιολόγηση Φοιτητών:
Η αξιολόγηση των φοιτητών/ριών γίνεται μέσω εξετάσεων με ερωτήσεις ανάπτυξης και αποκλειστικά στην ελληνική γλώσσα. Τα κριτήρια είναι προσβάσιμα για τους φοιτητές/ριες στην ηλεκτρονική πλατφόρμα του μαθήματος (e-class).