“Is
access to a decent minimum of health care a right? What do citizens of wealthy
countries owe to citizens of poor countries? Can a society that does not allow
for religious freedom ever be just? What kind of treatment is owed to
non-human animals? These are complex, vexed but also very pressing questions.
The first aim of this course is to introduce students to the most important
theories of justice that provide orientation in addressing such questions in a
rigorous, rational manner. The second aim of the course is to hone
students’
critical thinking, writing and speaking skills so that they
may argue for compelling, well-reasoned positions on matters of justice in a
public policy context.
Readings will include essays and book chapters by John
Stuart Mill, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx, Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, Thomas
Pogge, Peter Singer, Martha Nussbaum, Robert Nozick, and Joshua Cohen among
others.
There will be frequent short writing assignments and
classroom debates.
This will be a very lively class.”
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