Catalogue Description
This course examines the concept of justice in its contemporary usage, in light of the historical roots of the concept; considers several principal theoretical models of justice and the just society, including libertarian, liberal, contractarian, communitarian, and feminist variations. Related concepts include, equality, freedom, democracy, oppression, discrimination, and conflict.

Pre-Requisite Warning!
This is an UPPER division seminar course designed with philosophy majors in mind and for those advanced students who have some familiarity with ethics and philosophy. As such, a pre-requisite of 6 units in philosophy or intructor permission must be met to register for this course.

For students who have taken neither an ethics nor philosophy class before, I would recommend postponing taking this course until you have attained some familiarity with both. The Philosophy Department has several such courses on offer each semester.