- Docente: Roberto Brigati
- Credits: 5
- SSD: M-FIL/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LS) in Pedagogy (cod. 0655)
Learning outcomes
Knowing the most important philosophical theories of justice and
their applications; understanding and analyzing the philosophical
foundations of current policies of social justice, particularly
regarding welfare state and health care; knowing and actively
assess recent debates on justice and care in applied ethics.
Course contents
Concepts of distributive/commutative justice; Aspects and theories
of retributive justice; Concepts of merit and meritocracy; Duty and
justice in Kantian ethics; Rawls' justice as fairness
Readings/Bibliography
[1] Sebastiano Maffettone-Salvatore Veca, L'idea di giustizia da Platone a Rawls, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2003
[2] Rawls, Una teoria della giustizia, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1982, ch. 2 - 3.
[3] (choose one among the following:)
Amartya Sen, La diseguaglianza. Un riesame critico, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1994
Joan C. Tronto, Confini morali, Diabasis, Reggio Emilia, 2006
Judith N. Shklar, I volti dell'ingiustizia: iniquità o cattiva sorte?, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2000
Federico Stella, La giustizia e le ingiustizie, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussions; collective analysis of ethical
issues
Assessment methods
viva voce; essays upon agreement with teacher
Teaching tools
slide shows (available as text format)
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Brigati