Justice - ideas and ideals in fiction, philosophy and religion

LIR102—Rättvisa—idéer och ideal i fiktion, filosofi och religion

Literature List—VT25

Note: because this course will include international exchange students, standard course texts will be in English. However, a number of the course texts are available in Swedish translations. Students may work with Swedish translations if they prefer. 

The following are obligatory course texts that students should secure for themselves:

John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (Cambridge MA: Belknap, 1999).

The following is a selection of other texts that will be studied in the course. These texts will be available to students electronically, but students can secure copies for themselves if they prefer a physical copy or a translation in a language other than English:

The Bible

Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Sophocles, Antigone

Plato, The Republic

A selection of shorter text excerpts and articles will be available electronically.