- Docente: Giovanni Giorgini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SPS/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Giovanni Giorgini (Modulo 1) Alina Scudieri (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Sociology and Social Work (cod. 8786)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have the necessary conceptual tools for analysing the topics of efficiency and fairness in public policies, of citizenship rights, of (universal) human rights and of global justice.
Course contents
In the academic year 2017/18 the course will focus on the theories of the just society elaborated in the twentieth century. We will start with John Rawls' seminal work and will then examine the most recent theories.
Readings/Bibliography
Students must read one mandatory text and two texts of their choice.
Mandatory text:
S. Petrucciani, Modelli di filosofia politica, Torino, Einaudi, 2003.
Then two texts of your choice among the following list:
G. Agamben, Homo Sacer, Torino, Einaudi, 2005.
S. Benhabib, Cittadini globali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008.
J. Habermas-C. Taylor, Multiculturalismo. Lotte per il riconoscimento, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2008.
S. Hampshire, Innocenza ed esperienza, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1995.
A. MacIntyre, Animali razionali dipendenti, Milano, Vita & Pensiero, 2001.
H. Marcuse, Eros e civiltà, Torino, Einaudi, 2001.
A. Margalit, Sporchi compromessi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
R. Nozick, Anarchia Stato Utopia, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2008.
M. Nussbaum, Diventare persone, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011.
M. Nussbaum, Giustizia sociale e dignità umana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
J. Rawls, Liberalismo politico, Torino, Einaudi, 2012.
A. Sen, L'idea di giustizia, Milano, Mondadori, 2011.
L. Strauss. La citta' e l'uomo, Torino, Marietti, 2010.
Teaching methods
20 lectures, of 2 hours each, for a total of 40 hours.
Assessment methods
The final exam will consist in an oral discussion at the end of the course. During this discussion the instructors will evaluate the student's ability to identify the central notions of a text, to examine them critically and to argue consistently. Students who attend the classes have the option to write a paper on a subject agreed with the instructors.
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Giorgini
See the website of Alina Scudieri