政治制度的好壞深深影響了人民的生活品質，在公義的政治制度下，人民可以安居樂業，而在暴政下，人民則處在水深火熱之中。我們可以就著各種政治制度而有不同的討論，像是政府如何組織或實際上如何運作，及其如何影響人民。但是，有些討論則是規範的討論，像是政治制度本身或其原則的好壞、公義與否的討論。政治哲學關懷的是釐清與評價政治制度建立背後的原則。在本課程中，我們會以政治上的自由主義為核心討論政治規範性的問題，從契約論講起，一直到當代的自由主義代表羅爾斯（John Rawls），並且藉著自由主義的批判者，像是社群主義釐清與評價政治制度後面的原則問題。此外，本課程還討論當今熱議的相關課題，如全球正義與轉型正義等。本課程目標有三：1.引導同學分析諸如公平等政治規範性概念；2.展示主要政治哲學理論的論證；3.同學學會應用哲學技巧（基本技巧包括：批判式閱讀理解、重述論證）分析政治哲學問題。在充分了解到上述目標與學習期待之後，學生就可以更有自信掌握自己的學習過程。為了達成上述目標，學生的課前準備以及出席上課就是必要的，課前準備包括花時間閱讀、註記、提問，出席課堂主要是聆聽與參與討論，將課前準備應用在討論上。The quality of the political system deeply affects the quality of people's lives. Under a just political system, people can live and work in peace and contentment, but under tyranny, people are in dire straits. We can have different discussions about various political systems, such as how the government is organized or actually operates, and how it affects the people. However, some discussions are normative discussions, such as discussions about whether the political system itself or its principles are good or bad, just or not. Political philosophy is concerned with clarifying and evaluating the principles behind the establishment of political systems. In this course, we will discuss the issue of political normativity with political liberalism as the core, starting from contract theory to the contemporary liberal representative John Rawls, and through the critique of liberalism For example, communitarianism clarifies and evaluates the principles behind political systems. In addition, this course also discusses relevant topics that are hotly debated today, such as global justice and transformational justice. This course has three goals: 1. To guide students to analyze political normative concepts such as fairness; 2. To demonstrate the arguments of major political philosophy theories; 3. To learn to apply philosophical skills (basic skills include: critical reading comprehension, restatement of arguments) analysis Questions of political philosophy. After fully understanding the above goals and learning expectations, students can be more confident in taking charge of their own learning process. In order to achieve the above goals, students' pre-class preparation and attendance in class are necessary. Pre-class preparation includes spending time reading, taking notes, and asking questions. Class attendance mainly involves listening and participating in discussions, and applying pre-class preparations to discussions.
《當代政治哲學導論》，威爾‧金里卡，臺北市：聯經出版公司，2003年。
John Christman: Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
"Introduction to Contemporary Political Philosophy", Will Kymlicka, Taipei: Lianjing Publishing Company, 2003.
John Christman: Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 期中考 期中考 midterm exam |
40 | 申論題 |
| 期末考期末考 final exam |
40 | 申論題 |
| 出席率出席率 Attendance |
20 |
