Course description
The course is an introduction to modern theories of justice in the distribution of income and other economic goods. Economic rights for women and children will be given more weight than in standard text books. The ideological foundations of the welfare state will be discussed.
The students will learn about contempororary utilitarianism, and about such important contemporary philosophers as Dworkin, Nozick, Nussbaum and Sen.
Reading list
Bojer, Hilde, 2002, Distributional Justice. Theory and Measurement, Routledge 2003. Part 1. p 1-62. The article will distributed at lecture.
Solomon & Murphy , 2000, What is justice? Oxford U. Press, New York. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5.
Sen, Amartya "Capability and Well-being" i (Red.) Nussbaum, Martha C, & Sen, Amartya Quality of Life. Oxford University Press 1993. p 30-53. K
Nussbaum, Martha "Women and universal values" in Sex and Social Justice, Oxford University Press (1999) p 29-54 K
Up to 5 additional papers of interest to be determined by the teacher will be distributed in the course of the term.
Articles marked with K are available in a compendium which is sold in Kopiutsalget, Akademika.