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CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Libera Universita Internazionale Degli Studi Sociali
Location: Rome, Italy
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Other Subject Area: Philosophy
Instruction in: English
Course Code: SPS/01
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 60
Prerequisites: Previous knowledge of basic political philosophy or theory and IR theory.
DESCRIPTION
The course explores the debate on global distributive justice through close reading of seminal essays in political philosophy and international relations theory. It enriches the analysis through interdisciplinary excursions in economics and psychology. Particular attention will be devoted to the notion of inequality, to the family of justice theories that are called Egalitarian, and to Cosmopolitan theories of IR and global distribution.