17.000J / 24.611J Political Philosophy: Global Justice, Spring 2003
Author(s)
Cohen, Joshua
Scanlon, Thomas
Sen, Amartya
Alternative Title
Political Philosophy: Global Justice
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
This course explores the foundations and content of norms of justice that apply beyond the borders of a single state. We examine issues of political justice, economic justice, and human rights. Topics include the case for skepticism about global justice; the idea of global democracy; intellectual property rights; the nature of distributive justice at the global level; pluralism and human rights; and rights to control borders. It meets jointly with Harvard's Philosophy 271, and is taught by Professors Joshua Cohen, Thomas Scanlon, and Amartya Sen. Readings are from Kant, Habermas, Rawls, Sen, Beitz, Nussbaum, Stiglitz, Ignatieff, Walzer, among others.
Subjects
norms of justice
interstate
political justice
economic justice
human rights
skepticism about global justice
global democracy
intellectual property rights
nature of distributive justice
pluralism and human rights
rights to control borders
Kant
Habermas
Rawls
Sen
Beitz
Nussbaum
Stiglitz
Ignatieff
17.000J
24.611J
17.000
24.611
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