Co-Directors:
Description:
The seminar will examine competing philosophical accounts of three concepts
at the center of legal and politcal discussion in the world today: democracy,
the rule of law, and human rights. The focus will be on the most recent
philosophical work, but classic texts will also be examined. Among the
questions to be addressed are:
- What is democracy?
- Does democracy have intrinsic value?
- What role does deliberation play in making democracy a legitimate form of goverance?
- Can democratic principles be extended to the global arean?
- What is the rule of law?
- Is there a tension between democracy and the rule of law?
- Do citizens have a duty to obey the law?
- What are human rights?
- What is the relation between human rights and the legitimacy of a state?
Guest Speakers:
- Joshua Cohen
Philosophy, Law and Political Science, Stanford University
- Carol Gould
Philosophy and Government, George Mason University
- Elizabeth Kiss
President, Agnes Scott College
- Henry Shue
Politics and International Relations, Oxford University & Philosophy, Cornell Unversity
- Jeremy Waldron
University Professor of Law, New York University
Contact Information:
Professor Andrew Altman
Email: aaltman@gsu.edu
Phone: 404-651-1417
U.S. Postal Service:
Professor Andrew Altman
Department of Philosophy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4089
Atlanta, GA 30302-4089
Commercial carrier (UPS, FedEx, etc.):
Professor Andrew Altman
Department of Philosophy
Georgia State University
34 Peachtree Street, Suite 1100
Atlanta, GA 30303
