Kf240 Social Philosophy

Code 71134

Scope cr 5 - 10

Objectives

The principal concepts, central traditions of thought and their main representatives, ideologies and argumentation in social philosophy are examined in the study unit.

Prerequisites

Study units Kf110, Kf120 and Kf132

Mode of assessment

Lecture courses with examinations, and/or a written report on a theme using sources agreed with the supervisor and/or book examination in a faculty examination

Subunits

Literature examinations

Teacher / Contact person

Yliopistonlehtori Heta Gylling

Courses

Literature

Compulsory work, 3 credits:

a)

  • Kymlicka W: Contemporary political philosophy: An introduction (2nd revised ed.)

The lecture course or faculty examination should be supplemented by one or more of the following options b-g:

b)

  • Conway D: Classical Liberalism. The Unvanquished Ideal (2 credits)

c)

  • Feinberg J: The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, Vol 1: Harm to Others (4 credits)

d)

  • Hoy D C & McCarthy T: Critical Theory (2 credits)

e)

  • Kymlicka W: Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship (2 credits)

f)

  • MacIntyre A: Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (2 credits)

g)

  • Rawls J: Justice as Fairness: A Restatement (2nd revised edition, ed. E Kelly, 2 credits).
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