Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Justice and Communication in Contemporary Societies

Code

722011058

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências da Comunicação

Credits

10

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Prerequisites

Enrolment in a Master course at FCSH.

Subject matter

Bibliography

John Rawls (1998), Uma Teoria da Justiça, Lisboa: Presença
Peter Singer (2004), Um Só Mundo, Lisboa: Gradiva
Robert Alexy (1998), “Justice and Discourse (Discourse Theory and Human Rights)” in Ética e o Futuro da Democracia, ed. J. Lopes Alves, Lisboa: Colibri
Brian Barry (1989), Theories of Justice, Harvester- Wheatshef: Hemel Hampstead
Brian Berry (2005), Why Social Justice Matters, Cambridge: Polity

Teaching method

Teaching will be framed within the «seminar» model, that includes an expositional
moment (50% ), and another that demands, in several differentiated ways, the participation of the students. They must present at least a book review, a short essay, and an oral presentation of a contemporary case.

Evaluation method

The evaluation will be done through the quantity and quality of intervention in lectures and on the basis of the tasks referenced in the preceding paragraph.

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