INTERDEP 2001 · Wicked Problems — The Open Society, Justice, and the Structure of Inequality

Led by Aristotle (Logic & Metaphysics) Simulacrum

Justice as the foundation of political order — Aristotle's distributive justice, the open society, and the philosophical frameworks through which inequality is understood, justified, and challenged.

1. Module 1

   Distributive Justice: Aristotle to Rawls

   Led by Aristotle (Logic & Metaphysics) Simulacrum

   The question

   Aristotle's distributive justice: goods distributed in proportion to merit · the question of what counts as merit and who determines it · the difference between distributive and corrective justice · the modern social contract tradition: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau · Rawls's A Theory of Justice: the orig

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in distributive justice: aristotle to rawls.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Distributive Justice: Aristotle to Rawls Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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2. Module 2

   The Open Society and the Governance of Inequality

   Led by Aristotle (Logic & Metaphysics) Simulacrum

   The question

   Popper's concept of the open society: a society that subjects its institutions to rational criticism · the enemies of the open society: historicism, tribalism, the appeal to utopia · why utopian social engineering produces inequality and oppression · piecemeal social engineering as the alternative ·

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in the open society and the governance of inequality.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.2 The Open Society and the Governance of Inequality Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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