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Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Thomas Krödel; Prof. Dr. Peter Niesen
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
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Unterrichtssprache:
Deutsch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
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Kommentare/ Inhalte:
Freedom is one of the most important moral and political ideals. It is also a key desideratum of individual actions from an action-theoretic perspective. In this seminar we will explore the current debate within contemporary political philosophy regarding the ideal of freedom and its theoretical underpinnings. We will discuss its nature, its metaphysical basis, its value, its measurability, its relation to other important political ideals, such as equality and justice, and its applications to some public policy issues.
Lernziel:
Clarification of concepts, freedom in the theory of action, normative argument, application of concepts to questions of public policy.
Vorgehen:
Details of the syllabus and the course requirements will be presented in the first meeting.
Literatur:
Timothy O'Connor and Christopher Franklin, 'Free Will', Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ (2020).
David Miller (ed.), The Liberty Reader. (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2006).
Ian Carter, Matthew Kramer, Hillel Steiner (eds.), Freedom. A Philosophical Anthology. (Oxford: Blackwell 2007).
Recommended: Adam Swift, Political Philosophy, A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians. Oxford: Blackwell 2006 and later editions (chapter on Liberty, pp. 51-90).
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
To be admitted to the final exam, students are required to complete the following coursework:
- weekly preparation of texts, with one question or statement per session to OpenOlat (10 uploads each),
- participation in seminar discussion,
- one position paper,
- presentation and defense of position paper in class.
A position paper is a 1000 word essay answering one of the session's guiding questions.
The final exam is a term paper (4000 words) due on Sept 30, 2021. The mark for the position paper can upgrade the mark of the term paper (conditional on pass) by a maximum of 0.7.
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