180155 KU Central Topics in Practical Philosophy (2024W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 09.09.2024 09:00 to Su 15.09.2024 23:59
- Registration is open from Tu 24.09.2024 09:00 to Su 29.09.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 10.11.2024 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 15.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 22.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 29.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 05.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 12.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 19.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 26.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 03.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- N Tuesday 10.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 17.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 07.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 14.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 21.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Tuesday 28.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course offers an advanced survey of core topics in contemporary practical philosophy. We will discuss recent work from moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. We will focus on concepts such as justice, equality, authority, discrimination, rights, and responsibility. Each session will include a lecture by the instructor, student presentations of class material, and group discussions of issues raised in the online forum of the week. In the last two sessions, students are expected to present a draft of their final paper for feedback.
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment is based on the submission of Forum Questions, Forum Responses, in-class Presentation of Course Reading, in-class Presentation of draft Final Paper, and Final Paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendance
Students are expected to regularly attend class.
You must not miss more than 2 sessions.Forum Questions
Forum Questions should raise a critical point regarding main claims/concepts/arguments of the text.
Prepare and upload 2 Forum Questions for 5 sessions.
Upload the questions in Moodle for the session of the week by Friday evening.Forum Responses
Forum Responses will address the critical point raised in Forum Questions.
Prepare 2 Forum Responses to 2 Forum Questions for 5 sessions.
Upload the Forum Responses on Moodle by Monday evening.Please select on Moodle for which sessions you will submit Forum Questions and Responses.
Forum Questions and Responses will be graded on a pass/fail basis. Late Forum Questions and Responses will not be graded.Presentation of Course Reading
Each student will present a required text from the class material and moderate the discussion for the text. Please prepare a presentation of the text around 20 minutes, and questions for discussion. You should assume that other members of class have read the text we are discussing. The aim of the presentation is to go beyond a minimal understanding of the text and initiate a critical discussion.
Presentation dates will be allocated in the first week of class.Presentation of Final Paper
On Weeks 13 and 14, students will present draft papers in class.
Please pick a date for your presentation in the first week of class.Final Paper
The final paper will be 20 pages (1.5 spaced, Times New Roman 12pt.). Please research a question of your choice or pick one that we discuss in class. Students are expected to upload a short proposal in Moodle. I will then give feedback on the proposals.Grading
Forum Questions and Responses: 20%
Presentation of Class Material: 20%
Presentation of Draft Final Paper: 20%
Final Paper: 40%90-100: Very good (1)
80-90: Good (2)
70-80: Satisfactory (3)
60-70: Sufficient (4)
<60: Failed (5)
Students are expected to regularly attend class.
You must not miss more than 2 sessions.Forum Questions
Forum Questions should raise a critical point regarding main claims/concepts/arguments of the text.
Prepare and upload 2 Forum Questions for 5 sessions.
Upload the questions in Moodle for the session of the week by Friday evening.Forum Responses
Forum Responses will address the critical point raised in Forum Questions.
Prepare 2 Forum Responses to 2 Forum Questions for 5 sessions.
Upload the Forum Responses on Moodle by Monday evening.Please select on Moodle for which sessions you will submit Forum Questions and Responses.
Forum Questions and Responses will be graded on a pass/fail basis. Late Forum Questions and Responses will not be graded.Presentation of Course Reading
Each student will present a required text from the class material and moderate the discussion for the text. Please prepare a presentation of the text around 20 minutes, and questions for discussion. You should assume that other members of class have read the text we are discussing. The aim of the presentation is to go beyond a minimal understanding of the text and initiate a critical discussion.
Presentation dates will be allocated in the first week of class.Presentation of Final Paper
On Weeks 13 and 14, students will present draft papers in class.
Please pick a date for your presentation in the first week of class.Final Paper
The final paper will be 20 pages (1.5 spaced, Times New Roman 12pt.). Please research a question of your choice or pick one that we discuss in class. Students are expected to upload a short proposal in Moodle. I will then give feedback on the proposals.Grading
Forum Questions and Responses: 20%
Presentation of Class Material: 20%
Presentation of Draft Final Paper: 20%
Final Paper: 40%90-100: Very good (1)
80-90: Good (2)
70-80: Satisfactory (3)
60-70: Sufficient (4)
<60: Failed (5)
Examination topics
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
- Understand and employ central concepts within practical philosophy.
- Have a clear idea of different values at play in the philosophical debates within practical philosophy.
- Familiarise with the style of philosophical argumentation within practical philosophy.
- Understand and employ central concepts within practical philosophy.
- Have a clear idea of different values at play in the philosophical debates within practical philosophy.
- Familiarise with the style of philosophical argumentation within practical philosophy.
Reading list
Anderson, E. (1999) ‘What is the point of Equality?’ Ethics, 109(2) pp. 287-337
Appiah, K. A. (1990) ‘Racisms,’ In Anatomy of Racism, edited by David Theo Goldberg. Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press.
Arneson, R. (1997) ‘‘Equality and Equality of Opportunity for Welfare,’’ in Equality: Selected Readings, ed. Louis Pojman and Robert Westmoreland (New York: Oxford University Press)
Beitz. C (2009) The Idea of Human Rights (Oxford University Press).
Buchanan, A. (2002) ‘Political Legitimacy and Democracy’, 112 Ethics, 689-719.
Casal, P. (2007). Why Sufficiency Is Not Enough. Ethics, 117(2), 296–326
Cohen, G.A. (2008) Rescuing Justice and Equality (Harvard University Press)
Delmas, C. (2020) "Uncivil Disobedience". Protest and Dissent: NOMOS LXII, edited by Melissa Schwartzberg (New York University Press), pp. 9-44.
Hellman, D. (2008) When is Discrimination Wrong? (Harvard University Press).
Miller, D. (2001) ‘Distributing Responsibilities’ The Journal of Political Philosophy 9(4): 453-471.
Müller's, Mirjam (2019) ‘Emotional Labour: A Case of Gender-Specific Exploitation’. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 22(7): 841–62.
Nussbaum, M. (2019) Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Flawed but Nobel Ideal (Harvard University Press).
Nussbaum, M. C. (1995). Objectification. Philosophy and Public Affairs 24 (4):249-291.
Rawls, J. (1999) A Theory of Justice (Harvard University Press).
Rawls, J.(2000) The Law of Peoples with The Idea of Public Reason Revisited (Harvard University Press).
Raz, J. (1984) The Morality of Freedom (Oxford University Press).
Robeyns, I. (2022), Why Limitarianism? Journal of Political Philosophy, 30: 249-270.
Scheuerman, W. E. (2022) Why not uncivil disobedience?, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 25:7, 980-999.
Seyla, B. (2006) ‘The Philosophical Foundations of Cosmopolitan Norms’ In Another Cosmopolitanism (ed.) Robert Post (Oxford University Press).
Singer,P. (1972) Famine, Affluence and Morality, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1 (3): 229-243.
Tasioulas, J. (2007) 'The Moral Reality of Human Rights', in T. Pogge (ed.), Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor? (Oxford University Press).
Williams, B. (1973). ‘A Critique of Utilitarianism.’ In Utilitarianism: For and Against, ed. J.J.C. Smart and B. Williams (Cambridge University Press).
Young, I. M. (2011) Responsibility for Justice (Oxford University Press).A detailed syllabus will be available in the first week of class.
Appiah, K. A. (1990) ‘Racisms,’ In Anatomy of Racism, edited by David Theo Goldberg. Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press.
Arneson, R. (1997) ‘‘Equality and Equality of Opportunity for Welfare,’’ in Equality: Selected Readings, ed. Louis Pojman and Robert Westmoreland (New York: Oxford University Press)
Beitz. C (2009) The Idea of Human Rights (Oxford University Press).
Buchanan, A. (2002) ‘Political Legitimacy and Democracy’, 112 Ethics, 689-719.
Casal, P. (2007). Why Sufficiency Is Not Enough. Ethics, 117(2), 296–326
Cohen, G.A. (2008) Rescuing Justice and Equality (Harvard University Press)
Delmas, C. (2020) "Uncivil Disobedience". Protest and Dissent: NOMOS LXII, edited by Melissa Schwartzberg (New York University Press), pp. 9-44.
Hellman, D. (2008) When is Discrimination Wrong? (Harvard University Press).
Miller, D. (2001) ‘Distributing Responsibilities’ The Journal of Political Philosophy 9(4): 453-471.
Müller's, Mirjam (2019) ‘Emotional Labour: A Case of Gender-Specific Exploitation’. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 22(7): 841–62.
Nussbaum, M. (2019) Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Flawed but Nobel Ideal (Harvard University Press).
Nussbaum, M. C. (1995). Objectification. Philosophy and Public Affairs 24 (4):249-291.
Rawls, J. (1999) A Theory of Justice (Harvard University Press).
Rawls, J.(2000) The Law of Peoples with The Idea of Public Reason Revisited (Harvard University Press).
Raz, J. (1984) The Morality of Freedom (Oxford University Press).
Robeyns, I. (2022), Why Limitarianism? Journal of Political Philosophy, 30: 249-270.
Scheuerman, W. E. (2022) Why not uncivil disobedience?, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 25:7, 980-999.
Seyla, B. (2006) ‘The Philosophical Foundations of Cosmopolitan Norms’ In Another Cosmopolitanism (ed.) Robert Post (Oxford University Press).
Singer,P. (1972) Famine, Affluence and Morality, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1 (3): 229-243.
Tasioulas, J. (2007) 'The Moral Reality of Human Rights', in T. Pogge (ed.), Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor? (Oxford University Press).
Williams, B. (1973). ‘A Critique of Utilitarianism.’ In Utilitarianism: For and Against, ed. J.J.C. Smart and B. Williams (Cambridge University Press).
Young, I. M. (2011) Responsibility for Justice (Oxford University Press).A detailed syllabus will be available in the first week of class.
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