Social and Political Philosophy

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Teacher’s Lectures regarding the different topics.

Student’s presentations on specific aspects of the programme, according to a previous schedule.

Learning Outcomes

After the conclusion of the semester the students will be able to

1.identify the main themes and problems of the classical and modern traditions of Social and Political Philosophy;

2.classify the themes and problems under specific authors and / or philosophical theories;

3.interpret specific texts where it is possible to perceive the themes and problems of the classical and modern traditions of the Social and Political Philosophy;

4.reflect in a personal way about the themes and problems studied during the semester.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.The evolution of the Family and the modern forms of intimacy

2.The historical constitution and the modern and contemporary evolution of the “Civil Society”

3. The political system of the modern society and the modern concept of the State.

Head Lecturer(s)

Edmundo Manuel Porém Balsemão Pires

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Jobs negotiated with students / varying percentages: 100.0%

Bibliography

Edmundo Balsemão Pires, A Individuação da Sociedade Moderna, Coimbra, 2011.

Aristóteles, Politique (ed. J. Tricot), Paris, 1995.

T. Hobbes, Leviathan, Cambridge, 1996.

G. W. F. Hegel, Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, Hamburg, 1955.

J. Rawls, A Theory of Justice, revised edition, Cambridge (Mass.), 1999.

N. Luhmann, Political Theory in the Welfare State, Berlin / New York, 1990.