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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
GZT342 - Theories of Social Justice VI. SEMESTER 3 +0 5.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. MUSTAFA ONUR ARUN
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
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Prerequisites There is no pre- or co-requisite for this course
Courses Recomended The Capability Approach and Human Development
Recommended Resources Arun, M.O. and Basilio, J.L. (Eds.) (2023). A Quest for Justice: Theoretical Insights, Challenges, and Pathways Forward. Ankara: Nobel.Heywood, A. (2004). Political Theory – An Introduction. 3rd Edition, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.Miller, D. (1999). Principles of Social Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Week - 1 Introduction to the Course Content, Lecturing and Grading Policies
Week - 2 Distributive Theories of Justice
Week - 3 Procedural Theories of Justice
Week - 4 Retributive Theories of Justice
Week - 5 Restorative Theories of Justice
Week - 6 Foundational Concepts I: Law, Liberty, and Order
Week - 7 Foundational Concepts II: Equality of Opportunity and Equality in Outcomes
Week - 8 Utilitarian Perspective of Social Justice: Outcome-Oriented Welfarism
Week - 9 Marxist Perspective to Social Justice: Radical Justification of Inequality
Week - 10 Libertarian Perspective on Social Justice: Desert, Merit, and Equality in Initial Position
Week - 11 Rawlsian Model of Social Justice: Justice as Fairness
Week - 12 The Capability Approach to Social Justice I: Amartya Sen and the Idea of Freedom
Week - 13 The Capability Approach to Social Justice II: Martha Nussbaum and Limits of Universalism
Week - 14 Luck Egalitarianism: Ronald Dworkin and Individual’s Responsibility

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