Philosophy

Relations between the family and civil society - Plato and Aristotle, Civility and Intellectual Autonomy – Kant, Civil Society as the site of inequality – Rousseau, Origin of Civility in the sentiment of sympathy – Smith, Communism as the future of civility - Marx, The Civil Sphere as a Contemporary Idea – Jeffery, Post-Colonial Democracies and Civil Society – Chatterjee, De-Provincializing Civility, Civility, Trust and the Public Sphere, Society, Individuals and Groups, The necessary transformations of Civil Sphere in the name of Civility

Life Ethics: Just War Theory, Killing, Death Penalty, Suicide, Abortion, Euthanasia Social Ethics: Mass Media Ethics, Justice and Democracy, Inclusive Globalization and Global Ethics, Ethics of Development, Equality and Social Differences, Protective Discrimination Debate, Social Responsibility, ‘What Do I Owe to the Other Person?’ Technology Ethics: Ethics of the Cyberspace, Research Ethics, Technology and Humanization of the Planet, Technology and Development, the Appropriate Technology Debate.

1. Critical Interrogation of Philosophical Methodology from a feministperspective.
2. Feminist Epistemology: Rethinking the Reason/Emotion Binary, Standpoint epistemology, and Epistemologies ofignorance.
3. Feminist Metaphysics: Retrieving the Body, the metaphysics of sex andgender.
4. Feminist Moral Philosophy: Ethics of Duty versus Ethics of Care, Vulnerability and Moral Agency, RelationalAutonomy.
5. Feminist Socio-Political Philosophy: Care versus Justice, Affect and Politics, Perspectives on Empowerment and PoliticalAgency.