Handbook

The course provides you with an opportunity to gain an understanding of key topics in political philosophy such as: distributive justice, the role and limits of freedom, personal responsibility and the duties that we have to others. We will focus in particular on the issue of whether justice should be thought of as global or whether it should apply solely within nation states. We will consider justifications for conceptions of global justice as well as nationalist challenges. Throughout the course we will link the philosophical arguments to issues such as global poverty, pandemics or cultural differences. This will allow you to develop an understanding of the role of political philosophy in assessing solutions to major public problems and debates.