HJS 310. International Perspectives on Justice
Prof. Kyoo Lee, 524 West 59th St. Rm 8.63.15, Dept. of Philosophy, John Jay College, CUNY
Office Hours: By Appointment
08/28 Administrative Orientation
I. INTRODUCTION: A LOOK AT IN/JUSTICE TODAY
09/11 A Planetary Opticalization/Reterritorialization of the World: A Philosophical Introduction
Supplementary Read: Paul Virilio, Excerpts, The Information Bomb
09/18 The Problem of Global Justice: Free, Fun and Fair?
Supplementary Read: Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop (video)
09/25 Who Are We? And Where Are We?
Supplementary Read: Kelly Oliver, Seeing Race, Witnessing: Beyond Recognition
II. IN/JUSTICE AND OUT/LAWS: SPIRIT AND EMBODIEMENT
10/02 The Code of Hammurabi and the Spirit of Laws
10/16 Confucianism and the Spirit of Laws
10/23 Criminology as Lovemaking: An African Perspective
III. IN/JUSTICE AND NON/VIOLENCE: WAR, CONQUEST AND RESISTANCE
10/30 Sunzi's Art of War and Bhagavad Gita: An Ethics of War
Supplementary Read: Sacred Texts, Timeline
11/13 Place of Responsibility in Wars of Rights
IV. RESEARH PRESENTATIONS
11/20 Writing Workshop
11/27 Writing Workshop
12/04 Student Presentations
12/11 Student Presentations