POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

The course fits into the degree course, because it aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the major philosophical-political approaches. Nonetheless, the course has not only the goal to provide an understanding of the primary and secondary bibliography related to the subject-matters, because it also aims to frame the social, political and cultural changes in the modern and contemporary world in the light of the fundamental philosophical-political concepts.

By the end of the course, the students should be able to 1) understand the meaning and the scope of the concepts discussed during the course; 2) reflect critically and autonomously about them; 3) apply them to the different political issues that animate our contemporary world. In order to achieve this result, the students will be familiarized with the basic aspects of the philosophico-political field and the main theoretical and interpretive traditions which have accompanied it.

Laurea magistrale (master's degree) students wishing to attend the course should be familiar with the basic concepts of political philosophy.

Course Topic: Ethical Life in Hegel's "Elements of the Philosophy of Right"

The course will survey the structure and the contents of “ethical life”, the third and main part of Hegel’s "Elements of the Philosophy of Right". On the one hand, we will scrutinize the way in which ethical life accomplishes the demonstration of the free will – the fil rouge of the Hegelian philosophy of objective spirit –; on the other, we will explore the Hegelian institutions of modern socialisation, i. e. family, civil society, and State.

Textbooks:
G.W.F. Hegel, Lineamenti di filosofia del diritto. Diritto naturale e scienza dello stato in compendio, ed. by Giuliano Marini, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1999, Preface and parr. 1-33, 142-340.
G.W.F. Hegel, Lezioni di filosofia del diritto secondo il manoscritto Wannenmann (Heidelberg 1817/1818), ed. by Paolo Becchi, Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli 1993, pp. 105-285.
L. Cortella, L'etica della democrazia. Attualità della filosofia del diritto di Hegel, Marietti, Genova 2011.

The following list does not cover the textbooks. It covers some texts I could mention during the lectures.

J. Habermas, Solidarietà fra estranei, trad. it. di L. Ceppa, Guerini, Milano 1997.
J. Habermas, Teoria dell'agire comunicativo, trad. it di P. Rinaudo, il Mulino, Bologna 1986, 2 voll.
Th. Hobbes, Leviatano, ed. it. di A. Pacchi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2014.
H. Kelsen, Lineamenti di dottrina pura del diritto, ed. it. a cura di M. G. Losano, Einaudi, Torino 1966.
N. Luhmann, Potere e complessità sociale, trad. it. di R. Schmidt e D. Zolo, il Saggiatore, Milano 2010.
J. Rawls, Una teoria della giustizia, ed. it. di S. Maffettone, Feltrinelli, Milano 1983.
J.J. Rousseau, Contratto sociale, in Id., Scritti politici, ed. it. a cura di M. Garin, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1994.
M. Weber, Economia e società, ed. it. a cura di P. Rossi, Edizioni di Comunità, Torino 1986.

The exam will be oral. It will be structured in the following manner: students are required to answer three questions related to the contents developed within the course and the textbooks. Furthermore, the questions will be aimed to test the understanding of the conceptual contents and to develop the capacity to reflect critically on them.
The textbooks and the assessment methods are not different for non attending students.

The teaching will be delivered in a frontal style, but the student participation will be encouraged.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development