1. Studying the relevant concepts needed to understand politics. 2. Appreciation of the need to understand an evaluate politics from an intellectual, critical and rigorous view. 3. Analysing political problems and situations from an interdisciplinary approach. 4. Facilitating analysis and debate and ethical valoration of current political problems and possible solutions. 5. Studyng the works of the more relevant political thinkers in History.

Lecture 1. Concept of politics and Political Philosophy Lecture 2. Ethics and politics Lecture 3. Law and political power. The reason of State. Rule of law and its evolution Lecture 4. Freedom, equality and fundamental rights. Theories of justice. Lecture 5. Obedience to Law and civil desobedience Lecture 6. Democracy. Nationalism and cosmopolitism. Cultural pluralism and rights of minorities.

1. Theory sessions: These sessions comprise the Professor´s explanatory lectures. 2. Practice sessions: In each session, one or two students will analyze a text, adopting for the presentation the format: a) Context; b) Summary; c) Analysis and commentary. All students will then collectively discuss the text and the questions raised in the discussion guide. 3. Tutorships