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PH304J: GLOBAL JUSTICE (2024-2025)

Last modified: 12 Aug 2024 15:46


Course Overview

This course surveys a range of topics in global justice. Example questions we may engage with include: What is a human right? Does justice demand that affluent countries redistribute their wealth to less-affluent ones? Why was colonialism wrong, and what should we do about it now? Is feminism necessarily imperialist? Do states have a right to exclude immigrants? Who should be entitled to refugee status? How should responsibility for addressing climate change be distributed? Is national partiality justifiable?

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Eilidh Beaton

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

We live in an increasingly interconnected world. For many years political philosophers focused on questions of justice within states. More recently, increasing attention been paid to issues of justice between them.

This course surveys a range of topics in this contemporary literature on global justice. Example questions we may engage with include: What is a human right? Does justice demand that affluent countries redistribute their wealth to less-affluent ones? Why was colonialism wrong, and what should we do about it now? Is feminism necessarily imperialist? Do states have a right to exclude immigrants? Who should be entitled to refugee status? How should responsibility for addressing climate change be distributed? Can states permissibly prioritise the needs of their own citizens over the needs of people in other countries? Is the current distribution of territory across states justified? Under what conditions may one group secede from another?


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Feedback

A 2,500-word essay, due mid-way through the term.

Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
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Weekly Quiz

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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A weekly quiz assessing students’ understanding of the lecture and reading material.

Learning Outcomes
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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Feedback

A 2,500-word essay, due at the end of term.

Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Feedback Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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