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Import FS
FIL-2022: Political Philosophy Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
This is a free choice subject within bachelor degree studies in Philosophy and serves as a subsidiary subject in social science fields such as Sociology and Political Science.
| Contents
This course discusses the basis of liberal democracy, with particular regard to its application within philosophy, political science and political sociology. Central themes include justice, human rights and freedom in the modern society. Texts of philosophers such as Berlin, Rawls, Habermas, Taylor and Wellmer.
| Form of teaching
Lectures. | Coursework requirements
Mandatory assignments
| Exam and assessment
Two take-home assignments
Two essays 4-5 pages in length on a stipulated subject. The essays must be submitted at specified times with with four days'' notice concerning the submission deadline.
The work willl be evaluated on a scale of A-E (pass) and F (fail). | Contact person/lecturer
Pål Bye Jensen | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Homepage
http://uit.no/filosofi/3125/19
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Teaching spring 2007
Første frammøte: Tirsdag 09. januar kl.12.15, Tårnrommet, Breiviklia. | | Forelesning | Seminarlærer prof. Ånund Haga
Duration:1 Semester | | Eksamen | Ut-/innleveringsfrister: 1.essay: 2.essay: |
Syllabus
Berlin, Isaiah: ”Two Concepts of Liberty”, i: Four Essays on Liberty, Oxford University Press.
Taylor, Charles: “What is Wrong with Negative Liberty?”,
i Philosophy and the Human Sciences, Cambridge
University Press.
Rawls, John: Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, Harward
University Press.
Walzer, Michael: “The Communitarian Critique of
Liberalism”, i: Etzioni: New Communitarian
Thinking, The University Press of Virginia.
Wellmer, Albrecht: “Models of Freedom in the Modern
World”, i:Endgames, The Mit Press.
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