Global Economic Justice

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
    Domain Economics
    Code UE-EEP.00334
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master
    Semester SP-2020

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Friday 10:15 - 13:00, Hebdomadaire (Spring semester)
    Hours per week 3

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Roser Dominic
    Description

    This course covers questions of justice that arise in the global economy. The first two sessions introduce the necessary philosophical tools. The subsequent sessions cover topics such as tax competition, free trade, the global and intergenerational distribution of the costs of climate change, poverty eradication, democratic control of global economic institutions, remittances, etc. For most of the sessions a short essay has to be submitted which criticizes the reading of the respective week. The sessions consists of a mix of discussions and lecture-style inputs.   

    Training objectives

    The course has two sets of goals:

    1. Discussing and finding answers to pressing ethical issues that face policymakers, citizens, and business people
        in the global economy.
    2. Knowledge of theories of justice, particularly in their extension to global and long-term questions.

    Softskills Yes
    Off field No
    BeNeFri Yes
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No
    Auditor Yes

    Documents

    Bibliography Caney, Simon. Justice Beyond Borders: A Global Political Theory. Oxford University Press, 2006.

    Fleurbaey, Marc, "Economics and Economic Justice", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = .
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    21.02.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    28.02.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    06.03.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    13.03.2020 09:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    20.03.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    27.03.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    03.04.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    24.04.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    01.05.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    08.05.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    15.05.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    29.05.2020 10:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
  • Assessments methods

    Evaluation continue - SP-2020, Session d'été 2020

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Benotung von Essays, die während des Kurses geschrieben werden.

    Written exam

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Schriftliche Prüfung 90 Min.

    Nur Wiederholungsprüfung

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