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2008 Theories of Justice Schedule
Justice Studies 830
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from
9:10-12:00
Murkland 104
nick.smith@unh.edu
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays from
12:00-1:00 and by appointment.
Course Schedule:
Problem I: Are
Principles of Justice Relative or Universal?
Monday, August 3
Welcome and
Overview
Aren’t Principles
of Justice Relative?
A Defense of Moral Relativism, Ruth
Benedict and A Defense of Cultural
Relativism,
W.G. Sumner
(Rotate,
zoom, and/or print the PDF if you have
difficulty reading it)
Debate: Are Core
Principles of Justice Relative or Universal?
Wednesday, August 5
Kantian Attempts
to Universalize Justice
What is Enlightenment?, Immanuel Kant
Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant
(read as much
as you can endure)
Kant Cheat Sheet
Friday, August 7
Kant Continued
Utilitarian
Justice
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND
LEGISLATION,
Jeremy Bentham
Read
only the preface and Chapters I though IV
Monday, August 10
Utilitarianism
Continued
Problem II:
Economic Justice
Wednesday, August 12
The Libertarian Manifesto, John Hospers
The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx (read the entire Manifesto
and you can listen
to it via that
link as well)
Manifestoon (The Manifesto in an 8 Minute Cartoon)
Friday, August 14
Libertarian and
Communist Manifestos Continued
This link allows
you to see where you fall in terms of global income level:
http://www.globalrichlist.com/ (Try it using your parent’s
income and your
projected yearly salary right out of college)
A Moral Case
for Socialism, Kai Neilson
ECONOMIC JUSTICE, Stephen Nathanson
Monday, August 17
The Communist
Manifesto Continued
Debate: Should
there be a market in human organs?
Organs for Sale, from Bodies for Sale,
Stephen Wilkerson
Optional Reading:
Cash as Punishment
“Restitution:
A New Paradigm of Criminal Justice,” Randy Barnett
“Harshest
Sentence is Restitution,” Randy Barnett
MEETINGS WITH NICK ON THE 14th AND 17th
Problem III: Just
Punishment
Wednesday, August 19
and Friday August 21
Justifications for Punishment: Retributivism, Deterrence,
Incapacitation,
Rehabilitation
Nick
Smith, “Punishment,” from Criminal Justice Encyclopedia
Retribution: Selections from Kant,
The Metaphysical Elements of Justice
Do
Guilty Children Deserve Retributive Punishment? Do they differ from
convicts in these respects?
Utilitarian Justifications: Deterrence and Incapacitation
Rehabilitation
Nick Smith,
“Rehabilitation,” from Criminal Justice Encyclopedia
PBS
Frontline,
The New Asylums (full video on-line)
PBS Frontline,
The
Released (full video on-line)
Optional Film: A Clockwork Orange (WARNING: EXTREME SEXUAL
VIOLENCE)
DRAFT OF FINAL PAPERS FOR COMMENT DUE AUGUST 23
Monday August 24
Marx and Punishment
Selections From Angela Davis,
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Selections from Jeffrey Reiman, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor
Get Prison (Optional)
Wednesday, August 26
Death as Punishment
Ernest Van
Den Haag, “The Death Penalty Once More”
Hugo Bedau,
“A Reply to Van Den Haag”
Randall
Kennedy, “Homicide, Race, and Capital Punishment”
U.S. v. Hammer, United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit
Philosophy Talk Radio Program on
Capital Punishment
Debate: Is Death Just Punishment?
OPTIONAL MEETINGS WITH NICK TO DISCUSS FINAL PAPERS ON
THE 26th AND 28th
Friday, August 28
Brief
Presentations of Final Papers
Torture
Torture
Entry From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/torture/
David
Sussman, “What’s
Wrong with Torture?”
PBS
Frontline,
The Torture Question
Debate: Is
Torture Ever Just Punishment?
FINAL PAPERS DUE SEPTEMBER 2
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