To discover some currents of contemporary thought through different questions that may be of interest to the lawyer and his or her intellectual approach.
To enable law students to familiarise themselves with philosophical questioning in order to learn to analyse, judge and problematise situations by questioning them from different points of view.
CHAPTER 1 What is judging? Introduction ; The "practical judgment" in ancient philosophy : Plato and Aristotle - Plato and the practical judgment as "science of measure", Aristotle : the reasons of the contingent and the virtue of "prudence" (phronèsis).Paul Ricoeur and the "little ethics" - The "little ethics", "From morals to ethics, to ethics", Ethics -; Applied ethics: exemplification of the transfer in the case of a medical judgement - Corollary: The three forms of the relation to the other: recognition, friendship, solicitude CHAPTER 2What is justice? Introduction, Rawls' definition of justice, Characteristics of teleological justice, Procedural justice, Questions to Rawls: A. Sen's and M. Nussbaum's response to Rawls, Conclusion: Back to McIntyre: justice as a virtue. Sen and M. Nussbaum's response to Rawls , Conclusion: Back to McIntyre: justice as virtue . Rawls' definition of justice
Written examination on both parts of the course.
Recommended readings can be found in the syllabus or will be indicated during the course.
| Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelier en droit | Standard | 0 | 5 | |
| Bachelier en droit | Standard | 1 | 5 |