Pettit Philip – A Theory of Freedom and Government

• Note: all of the texts listed below will be available for purchase as a collection of photocopies ("dispensa") at the print shop UNICOPY, Via San Fermo 7, Pavia. 0382/590867, email: [email protected].
• The texts contained in the dispensa are articles, chapters and short extracts. Here is the complete list:
• Isaiah Berlin, ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’, Section VII: Liberty and Sovereignty. In Freedom. a Philosophical Anthology, pp. 100-102.

Argomenti del programma: The course introduces students to some fundamental debates in contemporary political philosophy surrounding the concepts of freedom and equality, two foundational values in liberal democratic theory. The course is taught exclusively in English, and is open both to Pavia-based students and to international exchange students.

• Note: all of the texts listed below will be available for purchase as a collection of photocopies ("dispensa") at the print shop UNICOPY, Via San Fermo 7, Pavia. 0382/590867, email: [email protected].
• The texts contained in the dispensa are articles, chapters and short extracts. Here is the complete list:
• Isaiah Berlin, ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’, Section VII: Liberty and Sovereignty. In Freedom. a Philosophical Anthology, pp. 100-102.

Argomenti del programma: The course introduces students to some fundamental debates in contemporary political philosophy surrounding the concepts of freedom and equality, two foundational values in liberal democratic theory. The course is taught exclusively in English, and is open both to Pavia-based students and to international exchange students.

Argomenti del programma: This is a course in political philosophy: we shall be investigating philosophical problems that arise in the specific context of democratic theory. In particular, we shall be investigating problems of a normative nature, problems that involve deciding what, in a moral sense, is the right thing to do in collective setting, specifically, democratic ones.