PHIL 512

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Seminar Social Philosophy

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

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

Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated. Letter grading applies when offered for 4 hours of credit. For Stage 3 Philosophy PhD students this course is approved for S/U grading when offered for 2 hours of credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor for non-philosophy graduate students.

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PHIL 512 class schedule data for fall 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	70151	Lecture-Discussion	CM	3:00PM -5:20PM	M	Gregory Hall	Bojanowski, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This seminar engages in central debates in contemporary social- and political philosophy. We begin with methodological questions: What distinguishes social and political philosophy from neighboring fields? What are its normative aims, and how should it relate to empirical research and moral theory? The second part focuses on distributive justice, examining competing views such as luck egalitarianism, libertarianism, sufficientarianism, and prioritarianism. We will also engage in questions concerning the proper metric and scope of justice. The final part turns to democratic theory, exploring procedural, epistemic, and deliberative conceptions of democracy and addressing challenges such as political inequality, polarization, and democratic backsliding. Readings will include both classic texts and influential recent contributions. Throughout, we will consider how normative theory can remain attentive to real-world institutions, practices, and power structures.
	70367	Lecture-Discussion	CM2	3:00PM -5:20PM	M	Gregory Hall	Bojanowski, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 2 hours Section Info: This seminar engages in central debates in contemporary social- and political philosophy. We begin with methodological questions: What distinguishes social and political philosophy from neighboring fields? What are its normative aims, and how should it relate to empirical research and moral theory? The second part focuses on distributive justice, examining competing views such as luck egalitarianism, libertarianism, sufficientarianism, and prioritarianism. We will also engage in questions concerning the proper metric and scope of justice. The final part turns to democratic theory, exploring procedural, epistemic, and deliberative conceptions of democracy and addressing challenges such as political inequality, polarization, and democratic backsliding. Readings will include both classic texts and influential recent contributions. Throughout, we will consider how normative theory can remain attentive to real-world institutions, practices, and power structures.