HJS 250 - Justice in the Western Traditions

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CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Description:

3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course is the fi rst of four required courses in the core of the justice studies major. It is an introduction to the normative history of “justice” asa principle of human personal and social organization in the experience of peoples living in the “western” world. An emphasis on primary textsallows the student to encounter fi rst principles, and selected secondary readings introduce the student to questions posed by the attempt to defi ne justice. Issues under study may include determinism and free will and the implication of each for the meaning of the “unjust” act; retributionand the rhetorics that justify or condemn it; divinity, hierarchy and the community as sources of justice; the social construction of such ideas as justice and “crime;” law as the structure of rules regulating coercion andthe use of force. Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or ENG 101-201, one of the required general education courses in literature, history, or philosophy, and one of the required general education courses in the social sciences.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jjay.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 237-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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