Major · Philosophy · Semester 4 · SY BA · 4 credits
Module 1: Political ideologies
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Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism
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Anarchism, Totalitarianism,
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Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism
Module 2: Liberty
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Isaiah Berlin: Negative and Positive liberty
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Jacques Rousseau: positive liberty
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3
Gandhi’s Civil Disobedience, right to dissent and civil disobedience –
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Martin Luther King
Module 3: Just War and Pacifism
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What is War? Theories of War Just
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War Theory: (i) Justice of War (jus ad bellum) (ii) Justice in war (jus in bello), (iii) Justice after war (jus post bellum)
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Types of pacifism.
Module 4: Justice
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Justice as preservation: Plato
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Justice as fairness: John Rawls
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3
Social justice: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
References
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Robert Goodman, Philip Pettit and Thomas Pogge A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy Blackwell: 2007 ( 2 volumes)
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Baradat, Leon. Political Ideologies: their origins and impact (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008)
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Bird, Colin. An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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Heywood, Andrew. Political Theory: An Introduction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012/13)
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Knowles, Dudley. Political Philosophy (London: Routledge, 2001)
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David Miller ed. The Liberty Reader Routledge 2006 : Readings from the above text as follows: (a)Two Concepts of Liberty by Isaiah Berlin (b) Negative and Positive Freedom by
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Gerald C. MacCallum, Jr. (c)The Republican Ideal of Freedom by Philip Pettit (d) A Third Concept of Liberty by Quentin Skinner
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Martin Luther King. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Letter_Birmingham_Jail.pdf 1963
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Nicholas Fotion War and Ethics: a New Just War Theory (Continuum, 2007)
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Colin Bird, Introduction to Political Philosophy chapter 10
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Catriona McKinnon, Issues in Political Theory, chapter 3
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (on line source) readings on war and pacificism.
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Julian Lamont “Distributive Justice” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Robert Nozick Anarchy, State and Utopia, New York: Basic Books, 1974 (chapter 7)
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John Rawls A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press, 1971(chapter 1 and chapter 2)
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Raymond Plant Modern Political Thought Wiley Blackwell 1991 (Relevant chapters)
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Plato, Republic New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006 (Book 1)
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B.R. Ambedkar “Annihilation of Caste” in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. 1. Bombay: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1979, pp. 25-96. (also available online)
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B.R. Ambedkar “Buddha and His Dhamma”
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Arun P. Mukherjee “B.R. Ambedkar, John Dewey, and the Meaning of Democracy” New Literary History (2009) 40 (2): 345-370
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Valerian Rodrigues “Ambedkar on Preferential Treatment” Seminar (2005), 549, pp 55– 61. Major Paper (04 Credits) Following is the proposed paper pattern for both the semesters (A) External /
