JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIFFERENCE: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY
POL2LAC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject provides an issues-based examination of the key ideas in contemporary political theory. After exploring the values of freedom and equality which are central to liberal thought, we then consider powerful challenges to liberalism from a wide range of theoretical perspectives. This allows us to broach topics such as the justification of taxation, multiculturalism, equality of opportunity, the division of labour in the family, hate speech, civil disobedience, and global justice. Our reflections are framed by the more general question of the role and function of political theory with respect to the problems of our modern world.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Miriam Bankovsky
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 15 credit points of any first year Politics subject and 15 credit points of any Humanities and Social Sciences subject, or subject coordinator's approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: POL3LAC
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Subject reader POL2/3LAC | Prescribed | N/A | N/A |
| Readings | Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction. | Recommended | Kymlicka, W. | 2ND ED., OXFORD UP, 2001 |
| Readings | Political Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide for Students and Politicians | Recommended | Swift, A. | 2ND ED., POLITY, 2006 |