Capstone: Theories of Justice

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What is political justice? We read the books that defined justice in the 20th and 21st centuries including John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. Through the writing of essays, students compare and contrast theories in order to develop a vocabulary of political ideology (liberalism, communitarianism, conservatism, feminism, legalism, utilitarianism, disability theory, queer theory, and postmodernism) as well as an understanding of different types of justice (e.g., distributive v. restorative).