Comments on: Syllabus construction time

By: Chris Bertram

Chris Bertram — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:23:29 +0000

Thanks all (Harry especially). Djw is probably right about responsibility but as I have only 12 weeks, I’d better touch on it in passing.

By: djw

djw — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:37:59 +0000

One topic that seems conspicious in its absence is responsibility. Miller’s Ethics piece from last year as well as his JPP piece from 2001 are good, and from a quite different perspective a couple of recent essays from IM Young. I’ve read a few other good things recently too but I can’t recall what they are at the moment.

By: harry b

harry b — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:13:53 +0000

Secession—either have them read Allen Buchanan’s 1991ish book Secession (clear, easy to read) or, more ambitiously have them read:
1) The Ethics paper from around the smae time which contains the core of that book
2) subsequent essay by Daniel Philpot also in Ethics, plus subsequent essay by Kit Wellman in PPA (as referred to be Matt) and
3) the fantastically good “Theories of Secession” by Buchanan in the 1998 issue of PPA which contains “Where the Action Is”

Or just the third of those.

By: ingrid robeyns

ingrid robeyns — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:44:38 +0000

You could take a look at the part on Global Justice in Nussbaum’s Frontiers of Justice. I think it’s problematic because it doesn’t do justice to Pogge’s post-1989 work, and because her list of ten principles of just global institutions begs many questions; but I’ve noted from other comments that many people think differently (many of whom are better qualified than I am in this field).

I wonder whether there wouldn’t be more and better material on gender and global justice. I confess that I have a stake in finding out – I promised to give a talk on gender & global justice by the end of November, but have a hard time finding good material.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:22:01 +0000

Kit Wellman at Washington University has several papers on secession (as well as a book which might well recap the papers). I’ve not read this part of his work but he’s a good philosopher in general so I’d be surprised if they were not also useful.