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Course description

This course considers leading conceptions of justice advanced by political and legal theorists, and critiques thereof. It examines various moral values in terms of which legal and political institutions might be assessed. The moral values that it considers include liberty, community, utility, fairness, and equality. Among the themes that it explores are the limits of and connections between these ideals, the prospects for their realisation in contemporary societies, and the politics with which each is associated.