PSCI 334
Theorizing Global Justice
Last Offered Spring 2022
Division II
This course is not offered in the current catalog

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While economic exchanges, cultural convergence, and technological innovations have brought people in different parts of the world closer together than ever before, globalization has also amplified differences in material wealth and social inequalities. Ill health, inadequate sanitation, and lack of access to safe drinking water are increasingly common. Yet, more than ever before, the means exist in affluent regions of the world to alleviate the worst forms of suffering and enhance the well-being of the poorest people. How are we to understand this contradiction as a matter of justice? What is the relationship between justice and equality, and what do we owe one another in a deeply divided world? Course readings will engage your thinking on the central debates in moral philosophy, normative approaches to international political economy, and grassroots efforts to secure justice for women and other severely disadvantaged groups. Key theorists include Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls, Thomas Pogge, Nancy Fraser, Paul Farmer, Vandana Shiva, Majid Rahnema, and Enrique Dussel.
The Class: Format: seminar; discussion
Limit: 19
Expected: 14
Class#: 3619
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: oral presentation, weekly blog posts, and three papers (3 pages, 7 pages and 8-10 pages)
Prerequisites: at least one course in political theory or philosophy or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: Political Science majors and concentrators in Political Theory
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: GBST Borders, Exiles + Diaspora Studies
JLST Interdepartmental Electives
PHIL Related Courses
PSCI Political Theory Courses

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