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180251 SE Structural Injustice (2023S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

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  • Montag 06.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 20.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 17.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 24.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 08.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 15.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 22.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 05.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 12.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 19.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Montag 26.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

"Structural injustices" has become an important concept in political philosophy. It is used to analyse phenomena as wide-ranging as homelessness, the gender pay gap, incarceration rates amongst ethnic minorities. But what exactly *is* structural injustice? And who is responsible for perpetuating or remedying it?

We will approach these questions by reading and thinking about Iris Marion Young's seminal work on the topic, in particular her book "Responsibility for Justice". But we will also look at different ways of theorising structural injustice (including by Sally Haslanger) and how to apply it to various phenomena. Finally, we will consider questions of responsibility.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Attendance is mandatory. Students are expected to prepare for sessions by reading and uploading brief reading responses 24 hours before the seminar. Students are expected to actively participate in discussion.

Students will write a short final paper (maximally 2000 words). Students will be provided with a list from which an essay topic can be chosen.

One of the final sessions will be reserved for a peer-feedback session on final papers. In advance of that session, students will be required to upload a draft of their paper.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Regular attendance is required (maximum of two unexcused absences).

The final grade will be a weighted average of the following components:
Reading responses (30%)
Active participation in discussion (30%)
Final paper (40%)

Successful completion of the course requires a grade of at least 4 in each component. All missing contributions will be graded with 0.

Prüfungsstoff

All readings discussed in the seminar.

Literatur

Iris Marion Young's writings:
Young, I. M. (1990). Justice and the politics of difference. Princeton University Press. (In particular, the chapter "Five Faces of Oppression)
Young, I. M. (2011). Responsibility for justice. Oxford University Press.

Further literature:
Haslanger, S. (2012). Resisting reality: Social construction and social critique. Oxford University Press.
Haslanger, S. (2015). Critical theory and practice. In Spinoza Lectures. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam.
Haslanger, S. (2016). What is a (social) structural explanation? Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in
the Analytic Tradition, 173(1), 113–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098‐014‐0434‐5
McKeown, M. (Forthcoming). With power comes responsibility: The politics of structural injustice. Bloomsbury Academic.
Sangiovanni, A. (2018). Structural Injustice and Individual Responsibility. Journal of Social Philosophy, 49(3), 461–483. https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12250
Zheng, R. (2018). What is my role in changing the system? a new model of responsibility for structural injustice. Ethical
Theory & Moral Practice, 21(4), 869–885. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677‐018‐9892‐8

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Di 14.03.2023 11:29