GV250-5-AU-CO:
Principles of Social Justice
2016/17
Government
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
15
26 September 2013
Requisites for this module
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DIPLL20009 Politics,
BA LV21 Modern History and Politics,
BA LV22 Modern History and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA LV2C Modern History and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV25 Philosophy and Politics,
BA LV2M Philosophy and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA L219 Politics with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L2M9 Politics with Human Rights,
BA LFM9 Politics with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL23 Sociology and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL24 Sociology and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA LL32 Sociology and Politics
The study of politics includes not only the study of how the political world operates, but also the study of how it should operate. GV250 examines a set of issues that have received considerable attention within recent normative political theory. More specifically, this module will introduce
you to "principles of social justice". These principles tell us how a political community should distribute resources and opportunities between individuals and groups. Examples of principles of social justice that you will study on this module include: (a) the principle that individuals should enjoy equal resources and opportunities, and (b) the principle that individuals should enjoy only those resources and opportunities they deserve. The module is divided into two parts. The first part examines competing principles of social
justice. You will do this by studying the work of the most important political philosophers to have defended them. The second part applies these theories of social justice to more concrete social and political issues.
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1 hour lecture per week plus 1 hour class per week.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Coursework weighting |
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Reassessment |
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Reading Response |
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Reading Response 2 |
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Reading Response 3 |
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Reading Response 4 |
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Reading Response 5 |
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Essay 1 |
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40% |
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Reading Response 6 |
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Reading Response 7 |
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Reading Response 8 |
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Essay 2 |
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45% |
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Participation |
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5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Tom Parr plus Graduate Teaching Assistants
Module Supervisor: Mr Parr, tparr@essex.ac.uk
Module Administrator: Sallyann West, sawest@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Alistair Clark
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Available via Moodle
Of 50 hours, 49 (98%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Government
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