In this course, we will investigate the concept of a right and the
concept of a person which it defines. We will start by reading some
contemporary work on the concept of a right which can be found in the
work of Elizabeth Anscombe, and has been developed by Michael Thomspson.
After that, we will explore the role which a version of this concept
plays, according to Arthur Ripstein, in Kant's Rechtlehre. For the final
part of the course, we will look at Marx's and Marxist critiques of the
notion of rights, reading some of Evgeny Pashukanis' General Theory of
Law. The course will be in English, and is aimed at advanced
undergraduates and Master's level students. It will bring together
systematic and historical concerns within the philosophy of action,
ethics and political philosophy.
- Kursleiter*in: Alec Hinshelwood