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Course: 2025/2026

Political Philosophy

(13612)

Dual Bachelor in Law and Political Science (Study Plan 2018) (Plan: 413 - Estudio: 232)

Coordinating teacher: ANSUATEGUI ROIG, FRANCISCO JAVIER

Department assigned to the subject: International Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Philosophy of Law Department

Type: Electives

ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course: 5º

Semester:

Objectives

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.

Description of contents: programme

1. Concept of Politics. Philosophy of politics and its origins 2. Ethics and Politics 3. Law and Political Power. The reason of State. Rule of Law and its evolution. Welfare state in crisis and the role of civil society. 4. Freedom, equality and human rights: contemporary theories of justice. 5. Political obligation and obedience to Law. Civil disobedience 6. Models of democracy. Cosmopolitanism and cultural diversity.

Learning activities and methodology

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

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination/test 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Calendar of Continuous assessment

Theoretical classes: 5 points.

Practice: 5 points.

Final exam, no continous assessment, EXTRA-EXAMINATION 100%

In the extraordinary call, if the continuous assessment favours the student and it will count with the same percentage and grade as in the ordinary call. If not, it will count the June exam grade at 100%
Regardless of the percentages assigned to the continuous assessment and the final exam, the student, in order to pass the course, must obtain a minimum grade of 3 points out of a maximum of 10 in the final exam.

Extraordinary call: regulations

Basic Bibliography

BHIKHU PAREKH. PENSADORES POLÍTICOS CONTEMPORÁNEOS. Alianza Editorial.
DAVID MILLER. FILOSOFÍA POLÍTICA: UNA BREVE INTRODUCCIÓN. Alianza Editorial.
EUSEBIO FERNANDEZ. ENTRE LA RAZÓN DE ESTADO Y EL ESTADO DE DERECHO: LA RACIONALIDAD POLÍTICA. DYKINSON. 1997
EUSEBIO FERNANDEZ GARCIA. FILOSOFÍA POLÍTICA Y DERECHO. Marcial Pons.
I. GONZALEZ RICOY, J. QUERALT (eds.). Razones públicas. Una introducción a la filosofía política. Ariel. 2021
NORBERTO BOBBIO. TEORÍA GENERAL DE LA POLÍTICA. Trotta.
NORBERTO BOBBIO. EL FILÓSOFO Y LA POLÍTICA. ANTOLOGÍA. Fondo de Cultura Económica.
OSCAR PEREZ DE LA FUENTE. IGUALDAD. UNA INMERSION RAPIDA. TIBIDABO EDICIONES. 2024
WILL KYMLICKA. FILOSOFIA POLITICA CONTEMPORANEA. Ariel.

Additional Bibliography

ANDREA GREPPI. CONCEPCIONES DE LA DEMOCRACIA EN EL PENSAMIENTO POLÍTICO CONTEMPORÁNEO. Trotta.
MARIA EUGENIA RODRIGUEZ. LA NUEVA GENERACIÓN DE DERECHOS HUMANOS: ORIGEN Y JUSTIFICACIÓN. Dykinson.
OSCAR PEREZ DE LA FUENTE. PLURALISMO CULTURAL Y DERECHOS DE LAS MINORÍAS. Dykinson.
SILVINA RIBOTTA. LAS DESIGUALDADES ECONÓMICAS EN LAS TEORÍAS DE LA JUSTICIA. POBREZA, REDISTRIBUCIÓN E INJUSTICIA SOCIAL. CEPC.

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.