授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
50582:[2025 秋セメスター]Theories of Justice(P) 2025 秋セメスター 金3 政策科学部 成田 大起 2

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OIC

授業施設

AS452セミナールーム

授業で利用する言語

English

授業の概要と方法

The aim of this course is to develop a critical understanding of a number of important theories of justice in contemporary Western political philosophy. These theories seek to provide guidance on important issues of distributive justice (who ought to get what, when and why?), cultural justice (to what extend should citizens recognize each other’s different culture?), gender justice (what does gender equality look like?), and global justice (what do wealthy individuals and wealthy societies owe to those in extreme poverty?).

This course will consist of four sections: (1) we will learn the foundational concepts and values in western political philosophy (state, liberty, and democracy), (2) we will examine major theories of distributive justice (liberalism, libertarianism, luck egalitarianism, and capability approach), (3) we will apply the theories to current issues (multiculturalism, gender equality, and global poverty), (4) we will explore how to tackle existing injustices (structural and epistemic injustice).

Each class consists of a lecture part and a student discussion part. Student discussions will be based on reading assignments (book chapters and articles) distributed by the instructor.

受講生の到達目標

• Students will state clearly the key contentions of a variety of theories of justice discussed on the course

• Students will summarise and explain the political significance of those theories, and understand how they relate to each other

• Students will show an appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of the particular theories we will discuss

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授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1

Introduction

What is political philosophy?

【+R-Jugyo】Video guidance (posted on manaba)

2

Basic concept (1): State and political obligation

Reading:
Bas van der Vossen, Political Philosophy: the basics (Routledge, 2025), Chapter 2 "Political obligation", pp.20-37.

3

Basic concept (2): Democracy

Reading:
1. Stuart White, Equality (Polity Press, 2007), Chapter 2 'Democracy,' pp.25-33 and pp. 42-52.
2. Jason Brennan, 'Against Democracy,' The national interest (https://nationalinterest.org/feature/against-democracy-17605) (September 7, 2016).

4

Basic concept (3): Freedom

Reading:
1. Andrew Shorten, Contemporary Political Theory (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), Chapter 7 "Freedom", pp.176-192.
2. "Nudging" In: Catriona Mckinnon, Robert Jubb, and Patrick Tomlin (eds.), Issues in Political Theory (4th edition, Oxford University Press, 2019), pp.42-45.

5

Distributive justice (1): Rawslisan liberalism

Reading:
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, revised edition (Harvard University Press, 1999), section 3-4, 11, 13, 17, 24, and 26 (excerption). (This is included in Steven Cahn, Political Philosophy: The essential texts, pp.917-931).

6

Distributive justice (2): Libertarianism

Reading:
Mihael Sandel, Justice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009), Chapter 3 'Do we own ourselves?: Libertarianism,' pp.58-74.

7

Distributive justice (3): Luck Egalitarianism

Reading:
Stuart White, Equality (Polity Press, 2007), Chapter 4 'Luck Egalitarianism,' pp.78-97.

8

Distributive justice (4): Limitarianism

Reading:
Ingrid Robeyns, 'What, if anything, is wrong with extreme wealth?," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20:3, 251-266, 2019.

9

Issues of justice (1): Multiculturalism

Reading:
Colin Farelly. An Introduction to Contemporary Political Theory (Sage, 2004), Chapter 6 'Multiculturalism,' pp.119-136.

10

Issues of justice (2): Global distributive justice

Reading:
Thom Brooks, Political Philosophy: The Fundamentals (Wiley, 2025), Chapter 7 "Global Justice", pp.181-201.

11

Issues of justice (3): Just war

Reading:
Heather Widdows, Global Ethics: An Introduction (Routledge ,2011), Chapter 8 'Global conflict: War, terrorism, and humanitarian intervention,' pp.173-199.

12

Issues of justice (4): Feminism and gender

Reading:
Catriona Mckinnon, Robert Jubb, and Patrick Tomlin (eds.), Issues in Political Theory (4th edition, Oxford University Press, 2019), Chapter 9 "Gender", pp.176-192.

13

Theory of injustice (1): Structural injustice

Reading:
1. Iris Marion Young, Responsibility for Justice (Oxford University Press, 2011), Chapter 2 "Structure as the subject of justice, pp.43-52.
2. Heather Widdows, 'Structural injustice and the Requirements of Beauty,' Journal of Social Philosophy 52(2): 251-269, 2021.

14

Theory of injustice (2): Epistemic injustice

Reading:
Miranda Fricker, Epistemic Injustice (Oxford University Press, 2007), Chapter 1 "Testimonial Injustice", pp.9-29.

授業実施形態

14 classes on Face to Face basis, 0 classes on Media basis (either live-streamed classes or on-demand classes).

授業外学習の指示

Students are expected to read the assignments and prepared for discussion.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記）

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

• Attendance 15%
• Active participation 15%
• Assignments 30%
• One (maximum) 3000-word final essay 40%

成績評価方法(備考)

• Attendance is required. Students with five or more unexcused absences will fail this course.

• Students are required to submit weekly assignments including summaries of the text and reflection sheets.

• Assignment submitted without class attendance will not be accepted.

• The instructor will give some important information on the course organization and evaluation criteria in the first week of class.

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

You are expected to do the reading (20-30 pages every week) and submit the weekly assignment before class. You should arrive to class on time and be ready to discuss the reading.

Philosophy can be difficult to read if you aren’t used to it; do your best to get through the reading so that you at least have an overview of the big ideas, even if you don’t quite follow every thought. You may also send me message or come see me in office for tips, methods, and strategies for getting through readings and getting the most out of them.

Here is several tips for reading philosophy.

Guidelines on reading philosophy (by Jim Pryor):
https://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/reading.html

How to read philosophy (a step-by-step guide for confused students by Uni Edinburgh)
https://www.blogs.ppls.ed.ac.uk/2017/02/28/read-philosophy-step-step-guide-confused-students/

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

Instructor will distribute all reading materials (book chapters and articles) through manaba+R.

参考書

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

manaba+R,学生との直接対話

備考

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