PHIL 512

Spring 2012 All Classes

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Seminar Social Philosophy

Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Seminar designed to study special problems in social philosophy. See Schedule for current topics.

Approved for letter grade when offered for 4 hours; approved for S/U grading when offered for 2 hours - only available for Stage 3 Philosophy PhD students. May be repeated in the same or separate terms. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor for non-philosophy graduate students.

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PHIL 512 class schedule data for spring 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	57629	Lecture-Discussion	1CM	3:00PM -4:50PM	M	402 Gregory Hall	Murphy, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Transitional Justice Section Info: TOPIC: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE. Newly hired Professor Colleen Murphy is the instructor. Transitional justice broadly refers to the justice involved in responding to past wrongdoing during the process of transitioning from conflict or an authoritarian regime to democracy. In the existing literature, transitional justice is often presumed to be distinct from the ordinary kinds of justice found in stable democracies. However, skeptics charge that there are no distinctive principles of justice for transitions. Instead, there are general principles of justice applicable in all contexts. This course critically examines the idea of transitional justice. The course first surveys historical understandings of the concept of justice, as well as contemporary theories of retributive justice, corrective justice, and distributive justice. The course then critically evaluates existing accounts of transitional justice. The central question we will consider is whether existing accounts of transitional justice (1) demonstrate why principles of justice are distinctive in transitions and (2) provide an analysis of transitional justice that distinguishes it from other kinds of justice.
	57628	Lecture-Discussion	CM	3:00PM -4:50PM	M	402 Gregory Hall	Murphy, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Transitional Justice Section Info: TOPIC: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE. Newly hired Professor Colleen Murphy is the instructor. Transitional justice broadly refers to the justice involved in responding to past wrongdoing during the process of transitioning from conflict or an authoritarian regime to democracy. In the existing literature, transitional justice is often presumed to be distinct from the ordinary kinds of justice found in stable democracies. However, skeptics charge that there are no distinctive principles of justice for transitions. Instead, there are general principles of justice applicable in all contexts. This course critically examines the idea of transitional justice. The course first surveys historical understandings of the concept of justice, as well as contemporary theories of retributive justice, corrective justice, and distributive justice. The course then critically evaluates existing accounts of transitional justice. The central question we will consider is whether existing accounts of transitional justice (1) demonstrate why principles of justice are distinctive in transitions and (2) provide an analysis of transitional justice that distinguishes it from other kinds of justice.