JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIFFERENCE: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY
POL3LAC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject examines some of the key normative ideas and debates underpinning contemporary politics. We examine different ways of thinking about key political values such as freedom, justice, and equality, and we consider the work of some of the most influential thinkers in contemporary political theory. We focus on the work of key liberal philosophers such as John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin, and we consider powerful responses to and criticisms of their work by libertarians, egalitarians, feminists, cosmopolitans, and others. Throughout the subject, we consider how these theoretical debates bear on a variety of #real world# political conflicts over taxation, redistribution, education policy, global inequality, and the family.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Nicholas Barry
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
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Capstone subject: No
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: POL2LAC
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Learning resources
Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction.
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Kymlicka, W.
Year: 2001
Edition/Volume: 2ND ED
Publisher: OXFORD UP
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Political Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide for Students and Politicians
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Swift, A.
Year: 2006
Edition/Volume: 2ND ED
Publisher: POLITY
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
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