Advanced Seminar in Social and Political Ethics - JPM767

• Anglický název: Advanced Seminar in Social and Political Ethics
• Zajišťuje: Katedra politologie (23-KP)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2023
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (1)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: zrušen
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Janusz Salamon, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses not for incoming students
• Neslučitelnost : JPB164, JPM085
• Je neslučitelnost pro: JPB164, JPM085

Anotace

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (24.11.2021)

The course is designed specifically for students of MA in International Politics and Economics with the aim to enable all students - both those who did their undergraduate studies in political science and those he did not - to explore the key problems of political philosophy in a global context. Thus while for the students who are newcomers to political theory all issues discussed in the course of the semester will be new, for those who have studied political philosophy the approach to the foundational questions of political philosophy will be different from what they already know. The global dimension of the course will consists in bringing to the picture of contemporary political philosophy - which is usually dominated entirely by contributions of Western political thinkers - complementary perspectives of East Asian (predominantly Chinese) and Islamic political traditions. It is hoped that this course will serve as a basis for a truly global and inter-cultural approach to the study of other areas of political science which IEPS students will pursue in the next semesters of their degree programme.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (24.11.2021)

FINAL EXAM & FINAL ESSAY

The Final Exam will be written in class. You will have 160 minutes to your disposal. Students will be asked to select in accordance with their preference a number of topics (THREE at the mid-term and FOUR at the final) from a list provided by the instructor, and to discuss (in a form of short essays: at least 3 pages per topic) relevant issues covering the material explored in class and in the related readings. Critical assessment of the theories and arguments - as opposed to mere memorisation - is expected. The exam (as well as the research paper described below) is compulsory for all enrolled students.

The Final Essay, ca. 2000 words in length, will be devoted to a topic chosen by the student from a list of three topics provided by the lecturer. A more detailed essay instruction will be provided in due course (once you will accumulate a sufficient amount of knowledge to be able to start working on your essay effectively.) Since various students will take their exam at different times (choosing one of the three exam dates that will be published in the SIS in due course), the deadline for the submission of the essay will be 48 hours before your exam.

 

Literatura

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (24.11.2021)

The class readings will be always available for download at the course's SIS website.

The lecture readings will be taken mainly from the following books (available at the library of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Jinonice):

Principal readings will be drawn from the following books:

Thomas Pogge, Keith Horton, Global Ethics: Seminal Essays, Paragon House, 2008.

Thomas Pogge, Darrel Moellendorf, Global Justice: Seminal Essays, Paragon House, 2008.

Kimberly Hutchings, Global Ethics, Polity, 2010.

Mervin Frost, Global Ethics, Routledge, 2009.

D. Bonevac, S. Phillips, Introduction to World Philosophy: A Multicultural Reader, OUP 2009.

Eliot Deutsch, Introduction to World Philosophies, Pearson, 1996.

Eliot Deutsch and Ron Bontekoe (eds), A Companion to World Philosophies, Blackwell, 1999.

H.G. Blocker, World Philosophy: An East-West Comparative Introduction to Philosophy, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Robert Solomon, Kathleen Higgins, World Philosophy: A Text with Readings, McGraw-Hill, 1994.

David E. Cooper, World Philosophies: A Historical Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell, 2002.

M.R. Amstutz, International Ethics: Concepts, Theories, and Cases in Global Politics, Rowman and Littlefield, 2008

 

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (24.11.2021)

SYLLABUS

Advanced Seminar in Social and Political Ethics – JMP767

Course Schedule

Class 01. Life-boat Ethics, Spaceship Ethics and Challenges of the Global Age

Class 02. John Rawls' "Law of Peoples" - A Limited Contractarian Basis for Global Ethics

Class 03. The Ethics of Migration and International Hospitality

Class 04. Thomas Pogge on Negative Duties Towards the Global Poor - An Expanded Contractarian Basis for Global Ethics

Class 05. World Hunger and Morality - Peter Singer's Utilitarian (Non-Contractarian) Approach to Moral Duties Beyond Borders

Class 06. Environmental Protection and the Global Poor

Class 07. Martha Nussbaum on Capabilities Approach to Global Justice - A Non-Contractarian (Aristotelian) Basis for Global Ethics

Class 08. Amartya Sen's Non-Contractarian Theory of Justice Across Borders (Multiple Identities and Impartial Spectator)

Class 09. Global Justice for Women

Class 10. Varieties of Anti-cosmopolitan Ethics

Class 11. Can War Ever Be Just?

Class 12. Nationality, Sovereignty and the Right to Secession

Class 13. Nuclear Ethics