PHIL 103

Freedom, Rights and Justice

Please note: this is archived course information from 2014 for PHIL 103.

Description

Considers various questions concerning the relation between individuals and political societies such as: What principles of justice should communities adopt? What are rights? What limits can legitimately be placed on individual liberty? What is the source and nature of citizens’ obligations to obey the law? What makes a decision procedure democratic and why does it matter? These questions are considered in relation to the New Zealand context.

Availability 2014

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Associate Professor Tim Dare
Marco Grix
Dr Glen Pettigrove

Reading/Texts

Recommended Reading

J. S. Mill, On Liberty (Penguin Paperback or any other edition)

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

PHIL 103: 15 points

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Restrictions