DISCUSSIONS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

SOC614

Course Code: SOC614
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Onur Bilginer

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

learn about the concept of social justice and the ways in which it is related to other concepts like liberty, equality and democracy.
learn about competing perspectives on how to establish social justice
have an understanding of the historical development of discussions on social justice
develop a capacity to critically assess the political and ideological roots of scholarly debates on social justice

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course focuses on the concept of social justice, which is interpreted differently from Ancient Greece to today. Social justice will be examined together with a number of concepts that are still controversial, such as democracy, freedom, equality, solidarity, social movement, political participation, human rights, and citizenship. Within the scope of the course, the emphasis will be given to the works of Plato, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, Edmund Burke, Karl Marx, John Rawls, Robert Dahl, Amartya Sen, Robert Nozick, and Brian Barry.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The concept of social justice and its significance
2^nd Week	Plato?s Republic: The concept of justice (I-IV)
3^rd Week	Plato?s Republic: The concept of justice (V-VIII)
4^th Week	Democracy and Social Justice I: John Locke?s Second Treatise
5^th Week	Democracy and Social Justice II: J. J. Rousseau?s Social Contract and Discourse on Inequality
6^th Week	Democracy and Social Justice III: Edmund Burke?s modern conservatism and its understanding of justice
7^th Week	Essay Submission/Presentations
8^th Week	Economy and Social Justice: Adam Smith and Karl Marx
9^th Week	Pluralist Approach: Robert Dahl
10^th Week	Modern Liberal Approach: John Rawls
11^th Week	Inequality Revisited: Amartya Sen
12^th Week	Neoliberal Approach: Robert Nozick
13^th Week	A Critique of Meritocracy: Brian Barry
14^th Week	Essay Submission/Presentations
15^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

Platon (2019) Devlet (Çev. Sabahattin Eyüpoğlu). İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
Rousseau, J.J. (1990) Toplum Sözleşmesi (Çev. Vedat Günyol). İstanbul: Adam Yayınları
Rousseau, J.J. (2006) İnsanlar Arasındaki Eşitsizliğin Kaynağı (Çev. Rasih Nuri İleri). İstanbul: Say Yayınları
Locke, J. (2012) Yönetim Üzerine İkinci İnceleme (Çev. Fahri Bakırcı). Ankara: Ebabil Yayınları
Smith, A. (2006) Ulusların Zenginliği (Çev. Metin Saltoğlu). Ankara: Palme Yayıncılık
Marx, K. (2018) Komünist Manifesto (Çev. Tanıl Bora). Ankara: İletişim Yayınları
Dahl, R. (2018) Siyasi Eşitlik Üzerine (Çev. A. Emre Zeybekoğlu). Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları
Rawls, J. (2018) Bir Adalet Teorisi (Çev. Vedat A. Coşar). Ankara: Phoenix Yayınları
Nozick, R. (2015) Anarşi, Devlet ve Ütopya (Çev. Alişan Oktay). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
Barry, B. (2017) Sosyal Adalet Neden Önemlidir (Çev. Ebru Kılıç). İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	2	100
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	17	238
Preparation for Final exam	1	12	12
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	0	0	0
Total Work Load			307
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.23
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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