Introduction to Political Philosophy 2400-OG-EN-IPPH

List of topics and texts for discussion

1. Introduction
- What is Philosophy? What is Political Philosophy?

2. Utilitarianism
- J.S. Mill, Utilitarianism (1861), ch. 2 („What Utilitarianism Is”).
- Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2002, ch. 2
- M. Sandel, Justice. What’s the Right Thing to Do?, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, chapter II

3. Problem of equality
- R. Dworkin, What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare, Philosophy & Public Affairs 10(3), 1981, pp. 185–246.
- A. Swift, Introduction to Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2010, ch. 1 („Introduction”).
- Amartya Sen, Equality of What?, The Tanner Lecture on Human Values, 1979
- A. Swift, Political Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide for Students and Politicians, Polity Press, 2019, part 3.
- M. Sandel, Justice. What’s the Right Thing to Do?, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, chapter VI.

4. Liberty according to libertarians
- R. Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Basic Books, 1974, ch. 7 („Distributive Justice”).
- Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2002 (selected fragments).
- M. Sandel, Justice. What’s the Right Thing to Do?, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, chapter III.

5. Negative and positive liberty
- I. Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty, in: Liberalism and Its Critics (ed. M.J. Sandel), New York University Press, New York 1984, pp. 15-36.
- Q. Skinner, A Third Concept of Liberty, Proceedings of the British Academy 117, 2002.
- P. Pettit, Freedom as Antipower, Ethics 106(3), 1996, pp. 576–597.

6. Significance of community and tradition
- A. MacIntyre, After virtue, University of Notre Dame Press, 1981 (selected fragments).
- C. Taylor, The Politics of Recognition, In: Multiculturalism, Princeton University Press, 1994 (selected fragments).
- M. Walzer, Spheres of Justice, Basic Books, 1983, ch. 2 („Membership”).

7. Democracy – how much of it?
- D. Estlund, Why Not Epistocracy?, in: Desire, Identity and Existence: Essays in Honor of T.M. Penner (ed. N. Reshotko), Academic Printing and Publishing 2003, pp. 53-69
- R. Dahl, On Democracy, Yale University Press, 1998, ch. 4 („What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?”).
- J. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Harper, 1942, ch. XXI („Another Theory of Democracy”).

8. Against democracy
- J. Brennan, Against Democracy, Princeton University Press, Princeton-Oxford 2016, ch 7.
- C. Pateman, Participation and Democratic Theory, Cambridge University Press, 1970, ch. 1.
- J.-W. Müller, What Is Populism?, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016, introduction.

9. Deliberative democracy
- J. Cohen, Reflections on Deliberative Democracy in: Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy (eds. T. Christiano, J. Christman), Wiley-Blackwell, Malden MA 2009, pp. 247-263.
- J. Habermas, Three Normative Models of Democracy, Constellations 1(1), 1994, pp. 1–10.
- J. Mansbridge, Everyday Talk in the Deliberative System, In: Deliberative Politics, Oxford University Press, 1999.

10. Experts in democracy
- A.I. Goldman, Experts: Which One Should You Trust?, [w:] Social Epistemology: Essential Readings (eds. A.I. Goldman, D. Whitcomb), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011, pp. 109-133.
- E. Anderson, The Epistemology of Democracy, Episteme 3(1–2), 2006, pp. 8–22.
- D. Coady, R. Corry, The Climate Change Debate. An Epistemic and Ethical Inquiry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2013, ch. 3.