Global Justice

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Standard

10 hours per week

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Students enrolling in this subject must have completed a Bachelor of Arts degree or equivalent.

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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

The 15% of the world's population who live in high-income countries have over 80% of the world's income: over a third of the world's population live below the poverty line. On some accounts, striking as these facts are, they do not show that rich countries are acting unjustly: obligations of justice finish at national borders. Can that be right? In this subject we draw on philosophical theories of justice to inform discussion of a number of pressing international problems. These will vary according to class interests but may include: who is responsible for addressing global poverty, international development, 'aid or trade', humanitarian intervention, local vs global values, national self-determination, global free trade, immigration and refugees and markets and property rights.

students who successfully complete this subject will:

• be able to demonstrate a substantial knowledge of the area of Global Justice.
• understand the theoretical sources of the key concepts in this area of study.
• understand the application of these concepts to their professional field or study area.
• have developed research and analysis skills to enable further study in the area of international justice at a higher academic level.

Written work totalling 5000 words research essay 100% (due at the end of semester).

Hurdle Requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject. Regular participation in class is required. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Reading material will be made available by the Centre.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

students who successfully complete this subject will:

• have developed an understanding of the fundamentals of philosophical argumentation and theory.
• present theories and arguments concisely and critically.
• see ways in which an argument or explanation could be improved.