This course unit will deal with the following topics: the renewal of normative political philosophy with John Rawls, the cultural background of A Theory of Justice (1971), fundamental concepts, the two principles of justice and their justification, the problem of stability and its revision in Political Liberalism (1993), the problem of international justice and the criticisms by J Habermas.
The module provides knowledge on the institutions of the modern age, on the unitary State construction and on the transformations between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Once the lessons are finished the students will have to master all that knowledge, showing to know how to detect the necessary tools about specified researching themes discussed during the course.
Following the method of the second module, the third goes on with the critical analysis of the institutional themes in the contemporary Italy. In particular will focus on the fascist regime, on the republican Constitution and on the institutional and administrative transformations that happened in the second half of the twentieth century. The aim is to provide useful tools to the understanding of the complexity of the political-institutional phenomena.
1. V. Ottonelli (a cura di), Leggere Rawls, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010.
2. J. Habermas, "Reconciliation Through the Use of Public Reason" The Journal of Philosophy Vol. 92, n.3, p.109-131. Traduzione italiana disponibile in J. Habermas, L'inclusione dell'altro. Feltrinelli, 1998, pp.63-115.