FF:PH1107 Social and Political Philosoph - Course Information
PH1107 Social and Political Philosophy
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Radim Bělohrad, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 A11
- Prerequisites
- ( PH1104 Antiquity - I && PH1202 Antiquity, Middle Ages - II ) || PROGRAM(N-SS) || PROGRAM(N-MA)
The ability to understand philosophical texts in English. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to provide students with basic systematic overview of social and political philosophy. At the end of the course students should be able to explain the key concepts and theories in political philosophy and present their own justified opinions on their character.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, students will be able to:
- list the key problems in social a political philosophy
- analyze the key problems in social and political philosophy
- present the key arguments in the given problems
- defend his or her opinion on the key arguments. - Syllabus
- Society, the emergence and role of state, political authority
- Democracy
- Justice
- Rights
- Liberty
- Equality
- Oppression, feminism, multiculturalism
- International affairs, global justice
- Literature
- Contemporary debates in political philosophy. Edited by Thomas Christiano - John Philip Christman. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, xiii, 473. ISBN 9781405133227. info
- WOLFF, Jonathan. An introduction to political philosophy. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, xii, 215. ISBN 9780199296095. info
- A companion to contemporary political philosophy. Edited by Robert E. Goodin - Philip Pettit. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiii, 679. ISBN 0-631-17993-3. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture in the form of commented ppt presentations, assigned readings, MS Teams consultations.
- Assessment methods
- Written test, open questions, min. 60 percent to pass.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pouze pro studenty s imatrikulací do jaro 2019, včetně.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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