Master in Advanced Studies in Human Rights (Plan: 290 - Estudio: 67)
EPD
Coordinating teacher: RIBOTTA , SILVINA VERONICA
Department assigned to the subject: International Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Philosophy of Law Department
Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 5.0 ECTS
Course: 1º
Semester:
Objectives
How we should organize society? Why do we need a system of government? What does justice mean? What is the role of political power in Human Rights Theory? Political Philosophy is not just to theoretically understand and to explain political life, but also to offer an assessment of the issues that we should face as citizens, in order to choose between competing goals and values, to solve conflicts, to rule our common tasks and to guarantee our rights.
.- General goals
This subject offers the student the opportunity to obtain the following competences:
1. Awareness of politics as a regulative system of social relations.
2. Understanding of the main concepts used in politics, as well as of the main contemporary political ideologies and its contribution to human rights discourse.
3. Critical awareness of the political phenomenon and interdisciplinary view of political issues.
Description of contents: programme
1. Political Philosophy Introdution. Core concepts: State, Law, Power, political ideologies, Liberty, Equality, Democracy.
2. Contemporary Theories of Justice and Human Rights.
3. Debates about contemporary Political Philosophy and Human Rights.
Learning activities and methodology
.- Methodolody
Theoretical classes and case discussion
.- Tutorials
A minumun number of three individualized tutorials are suggested
Assessment System
% end-of-term-examination 0
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100
Basic Bibliography
Antón Mellón, J. (ed.), . Ideologías y movimientos políticos contemporáneos. Tecnos. 1998
Barry, B., . Why Social Justice Matters. Polity Press. 2005
Beltrán, E. y Maquieira, V. (eds.). Feminismos. Debates teóricos contemporáneos. Alianza Editorial. 2005
Chomsky, N., . La responsabilidad de los intelectuales. Galerna. 1969
Cohen, G., . Rescuing Justice and Equality. Harvard University Press. 2008
Davis, J.C., . Utopía y Sociedad Ideal. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1983
Hart, H.L.A., . Derecho, Libertad y Moralidad. Dykinson. 2006
Ignatieff, M., . Fuego y cenizas. Éxito y fracaso en política. Taurus. 2014
Jonathan, W., . Filosofía Política. Una introducción. Ariel. 2001
Nussbaum M. y Sen, A. (comps.), . La calidad de vida. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1998 (1993)
Rawls, J.,. A Theory of Justice (Revised Edition). The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1999
Ribotta, S.,. Las desigualdades económicas en las teorías de la justicia. Pobreza, redistribución e injusticia social. Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. 2010
Sandel, M., . Justicia. ¿Hacemos lo que debemos?. Debate. 2001
Sen, A., . Desarrollo y Libertad. Planeta. 2000
Águila (del), R.. La senda del mal. Política y Razón de Estado. Taurus. 2000
The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.
