國立中山大學111學年度第2學期政治哲學議題研討：自由主義之挑戰課程大綱

國立中山大學 111學年度第2學期課程教學大綱

National Sun Yat-sen University 111Academic year Course syllabus

中文名稱
Course name(Chinese)

政治哲學議題研討：自由主義之挑戰

課號
Course Code

IPS618

英文名稱
Course name(English)

SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY:CHALLENGES FOR LIBERALISM

課程類別
Type of the course

研討類

必選修
Required/Selected

選修

系所
Dept./faculty

政治學研究所碩士班

授課教師
Instructor

安兆驥

學分
Credit

因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)，倘若後續需實施遠距授課，授課方式調整如下：Since COVID-19, if distance learning is necessary, the teaching methods would adjust as follows:

同步遠距【透過網路直播技術，同時進行線上教學，得採Microsoft Teams、Adobe connect等軟體進行】
同步遠距含錄影【透過網路直播技術，同時進行線上教學並同時錄影，課程內容可擇日再重播，得採Microsoft Teams、Adobe connect等軟體進行】
非同步遠距【課堂錄影或錄製數位教材放置網路供學生可非同時進行線上學習，得採EverCam、PPT簡報錄影、錄音方式進行】
實作類課程，經評估無法採遠距課程教學，後續復課後密集補課

★遠距教學軟體操作說明連結

因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)，倘若後續需實施遠距授課，評分方式調整如下：Since COVID-19, if distance learning is necessary, the evaluation would adjust as follows:

尚未建立傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)課程評分方式﹝評分標準及比例﹞

課程大綱 Course syllabus

This seminar will examine three major challenges facing the liberal world. These have been posed by 1) misinformation and disinformation emergent from issues of untrue, false, or evidence-free, including “free,” speech that has exploded in liberal societies over the past years including claims over plagiarism, deep fakes, misrepresentations, lies and liars, 2) extremism emergent from issues relating to the end of free speech and the beginning of biased conduct, activist behavior, and intended act and action that are so out of the norm, so outlandish, and so extreme that the fabric of civil society has in all but name been rent, and 3) political violence emergent from the extreme (or hard or alt) right and the extreme left that seeks to terrorize their political opponents into submission or resignation.

課程目標 Objectives

Over the course of the 18-week semester, we shall explore the central arguments of these books. This seminar is divided into three five-week segments: the first five weeks will focus on misinformation, the second extremism, and the third violence.
Students are expected to think seriously about the moral and political challenges posed by these three interrelated phenomena. We shall probe into their interrelationship. How might they be related? For example, does the phenomenon of misinformation impact – or not – extremism and violence? Do these phenomena diverge? Do they converge? If so, in what specific ways?
In thinking about these and related questions, some general notions should be kept in mind: the liberal order has continually been challenged since its birth in the 17th century. Are these three sets of challenges “existential” threats to liberalism? If so, why? If not, why not? How should we interpret and conceptualize these issues? What might be the policy suggestions flowing from these theoretical arguments? Do these suggestions respond to the challenges? If yes, how? If not, why not?

授課方式 Teaching methods

Requirements: discussion 50% of the overall grade, writing 50%. Discussion entails giving presentation based on the reading assignments and asking questions that critically engage with the readings. All the students are required to give presentations in class. For writing, students choose ONE of these options:
(1) Turn in 16 essays (think-pieces) one per week, each essay limited to 1,000 words. Each essay has to discuss a different chapter of the three books. Under no circumstance may students turn in two or more essays covering the same chapter. The topic of each essay is the main idea or central vision of the book’s chapter. The essay has to engage critically with the main idea from an analytical perspective – not merely give a description of it. The essays should show evidence of critical and analytic thinking by making arguments, not just summarizing ideas.
(2) Turn in two 13-to-15-page essays (one essay in the 10th week, another the 19th week), each essay limited to 8,500 words. For each essay, the student has to discuss at least three different chapters from at least two books. Each essay has to take a position on how the liberal order might be defended, if it can be defended, vis-à-vis the three challenges. The two essays have to take different positions. If the essay is a defense, then it has to consider to what extent the liberal order can withstand these challenges. If the essay is a critique, then it has to demonstrate why the liberal order might not be completely successful in addressing its challenges. Again, the essays should be analytic in nature, neither wholly descriptive, nor wholly explanatory.
(3) Turn in one 30-page essay at the end of the semester. The essay should be no more than 12,000 words – including notes and bibliography. Possible topics include a defense of the liberal order, a critique of it, or a reflection on what might be some of the underlying causes of these three kinds of challenges facing liberalism in recent times. This essay has to draw upon all four books for this seminar. The essay should be analytic in nature. Professor On will work with students and help turn the 30-page essays into publishable papers, ready to be submitted to a political theory journal.
Students are welcome to propose their own topics, but these topics must be proposed by the students and approved by the professor at least three weeks prior to writing.
Grading Scale: A= 96% to 100%; A- =90% to 95%, B and B- fall in the 80%s, and so on.
Do not “cut and paste” any material. Do not use ChatGPT or AI bot to write. Write your paper by yourself. Cheaters flunk the course automatically and will be referred to the dean for expulsion.

評分方式﹝評分標準及比例﹞Evaluation (Criteria and ratio)等第制單科成績對照表 letter grading reference

1.Discussion in class：50%
2.Writing：50%

參考書/教科書/閱讀文獻 Reference book/ textbook/ documents
〔請遵守智慧財產權觀念，不可非法影印。教師所提供之教材供學生本人自修學習使用,不得散播及做為商業用途〕
No copies for intellectual property rights. Textbooks provided by the instructor used only for self-study, can not broadcast or commercial use

序號	作者	書名	出版社	出版年	出版地	ISBN#
No.	Auther	Title	Publisher	Year of publish	Publisher place	ISBN#
1	Sarah Song	Immigration and Democrac	Oxford University Press	2018	Oxford	9780190909222
2	Burke A. Hendrix	Strategies of Justice	Oxford University Press	2019	Oxford	9780198833543
3	Fernando R. Teson	The Theory of Self-Determination	Cambridge University Press	2016	Cambridge	9781316340639
4	Tommie Shelby	Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform	Belknap Press	2016	Cambridge	9780674970502

每週課程內容及預計進度 Weekly scheduled progress

週次	日期	授課內容及主題
Week	Date	Content and topic
1	2023/02/12~2023/02/18	Introduction: the scope and the nature of this seminar.
2	2023/02/19~2023/02/25	Chapters 1 and 2 of Saving Liberalism from Itself by Timothy Stacey
3	2023/02/26~2023/03/04	Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Saving Liberalism from Itself
4	2023/03/05~2023/03/11	Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Saving Liberalism from Itself
5	2023/03/12~2023/03/18	The Truth Won’t Save Us (pp. 159-171) in Saving Liberalism from Itself
6	2023/03/19~2023/03/25	Chapters 1 and 2 of Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy
7	2023/03/26~2023/04/01	Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy
8	2023/04/02~2023/04/08	Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy
9	2023/04/09~2023/04/15	Chapters 13 and 14 of Democracy and Fake News
10	2023/04/16~2023/04/22	Chapters 15 and 16 of Democracy and Fake News
11	2023/04/23~2023/04/29	Donald Trump: Aggressive Rhetoric and Political Violence by Brigitte L. Nacos, Robert Y. Shapiro, Yaeli Bloch-Elkon Perspectives on Terrorism Vol. 14, No. 5 (October 2020), pp. 2-25 (24 pages)
12	2023/04/30~2023/05/06	Chapter 1 of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
13	2023/05/07~2023/05/13	Chapter 2 of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
14	2023/05/14~2023/05/20	Chapter 3 of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
15	2023/05/21~2023/05/27	Chapter 4 of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
16	2023/05/28~2023/06/03	Chapter 5 of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
17	2023/06/04~2023/06/10	Flexible Learning
18	2023/06/11~2023/06/17	Flexible Learning

課業討論時間 Office hours

時段1 Time period 1:
時間 Time：星期一09:00~ 11:00
地點 Office/Laboratory：社1011-2
時段2 Time period 2：
時間 Time：星期四09:00~ 11:00
地點 Office/Laboratory：社1011-2

系所學生專業能力/全校學生基本素養與核心能力 basic disciplines and core capabilitics of the dcpartment and the university

系所學生專業能力/全校學生基本素養與核心能力
basic disciplines and core capabilities of the department and the university

課堂活動與評量方式
Class activities and evaluation

本課程欲培養之能力與素養 This course enables students to achieve.

紙筆考試或測驗 Test.

課堂討論︵含個案討論︶ Group discussion (case analysis).

個人書面報告、作業、作品、實驗 Indivisual paper report/ assignment/ work or experiment.

群組書面報告、作業、作品、實驗 Group paper report/ assignment/ work or experiment.

個人口頭報告 Indivisual oral presentation.

群組口頭報告 Group oral presentation.

課程規劃之校外參訪及實習 Off-campus visit and intership.

證照/檢定 License.

參與課程規劃之校內外活動及競賽 Participate in off-campus/ on-campus activities and competitions.

課外閱讀 Outside reading.

※系所學生專業能力 Basic disciplines and core capabilities of the department

1. 瞭解政治學基本議題與研究方法 1. To understand basic topics and research methodology in political science.

2.瞭解政治學主要領域的核心概念 2. To understand core concepts in major fields of political science.

3.參與跨領域學術活動的能力 3. The ability to participate in interdisciplinary activities.

4.獨立文獻整理及反思的能力 4. The ability to classify and organize literature and documents and to reflect on them.

5.參與研究計畫的能力 5. The ability to participate in research project.

6.理論思考的反省能力 6. The ability to understand and reflect on theories.

8.熟稔外語閱讀及寫作 8. Enhance the aility and skill of foreign language, in reading and writing.

9.增進外語表達與理解能力 9. Improve the ability of expressing and understanding foreign language.

※全校學生基本素養與核心能力 Basic disciplines and core capabilities of the university

1.表達與溝通能力。 1. Articulation and communication skills

2.探究與批判思考能力。 2. Inquisitive and critical thinking abilities

3.終身學習能力。 3. Lifelong learning

4.倫理與社會責任。 4. Ethnics and social responsibility

5.美感品味。 5. Aesthetic appreciation

6.創造力。 6. Creativity

7.全球視野。 7. Global perspective

8.合作與領導能力。 8. Team work and leadership

9.山海胸襟與自然情懷。 9. Broad-mindedness and the embrace of nature　

本課程與SDGs相關項目：The course relates to SDGs items:


	SDG1-消除貧窮(No Poverty)
	SDG2-消除飢餓 (Zero Hunger)
	SDG3-良好健康與福祉(Good Health and Well-being)
	SDG4-教育品質(Quality Education)
	SDG5-性別平等(Gender Equality)
	SDG6-乾淨水源與公共衛生(Clean Water and Sanitation)
	SDG7-可負擔乾淨能源(Affordable and Clean Energy)
	SDG8-優質工作與經濟成長(Decent Work and Economic Growth)
	SDG9-工業、創新和基礎建設(Industry,Innovation and Infrastructure)
	SDG10-減少不平等(Reduced Inequalities)
	SDG11-永續城市(Sustainable Cities and Communities)
	SDG12-責任消費與生產(Responsible Consumption and Production)
	SDG13-氣候行動(Climate Action)
	SDG14-海洋生態(Life Below Water)
	SDG15-陸域生態(Life on Land)
	SDG16-和平、正義和穩健的制度(Peace,Justice And Strong Institutions)
	SDG17-促進目標實現的全球夥伴關係(Partnership for the Goals)
	本課程和SDGS無關

本課程校外實習資訊: This course is relevant to internship:

本課程包含校外實習（本選項僅供統計使用，無校外實習者，得免勾記）
The course includes internship.(For statistical use only. If the course without internship, please ignore this item.)

實習定義：規劃具有學分或時數之必修或選修課程，且安排學生進行實務與理論課程實習，於實習終了取得考核證明繳回學校後，始得獲得學分；或滿足畢業條件者。(一般校內實習請勿勾選此欄位)

Internship: The required or elective courses should include credits and learning hours. Students should participate in the corporative company or institution to practice and learn the real skills. An internship certification must be handed in at the end of internship to get the credits or to fulfil the graduation requirements.