SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE ANÁLISIS FILOSÓFICO
SEMINARIO DE DOCTORADO
DEMOCRACIA Y DICTADURA: PARTICIPACIÓN, DERECHOS HUMANOS Y
RESPONSABILIDAD COLECTIVA
Dr. Marcelo Alegre, Dra. Paula Gaido, Dr. Roberto Gargarella, Dr. Julio Montero, Dr. Eduardo
Rivera López, Dra. Marina Velasco
Duración: 36 horas
Fecha de inicio: 25 de marzo de 2014
Horario: martes de 12.30 a 15.30
Destinatarios: doctorandos y graduados en filosofía, derecho o ciencias políticas.
Presentación
El presente seminario se propone explorar dos familias de problemas relacionadas con la teoría
de la democracia. La primera de ellas se refiere a cómo debe una democracia lidiar con
violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas en el pasado. En particular, se desea analizar qué
responsabilidad les cabe a diversos actores institucionales, especialmente a los jueces, por su
participación en un orden institucional criminal. A los trabajos ya clásicos en la materia, se han
añadido en la última década importantes contribuciones que brindan un nuevo marco teórico
para pensar sobre estos problemas. La influyente obra Complicity de Christofer Kutz fue seguida
por numerosos artículos y libros que elaboran criterios de asignación de responsabilidad
sumamente novedosos. La segunda familia de problemas que el seminario aborda explora
algunos desarrollos recientes en el campo de la teoría de la democracia, como su relación con la
justicia distributiva, la igualdad, la práctica constitucional y el poder. Luego de discutir aportes
recientes de importantes autores como Thomas Christiano y Philip Pettit, se analizan una serie de
perspectivas críticas que obligan a revisar varios aspectos de la noción tradicional de democracia.
Objetivos
El principal objetivo del seminario es discutir una serie de problemas relacionados con la teoría
de la democracia y la responsabilidad moral por violaciones derechos de derechos humanos. Se
espera asimismo brindar a los/as participantes un entrenamiento intensivo en la práctica
argumentación filosófica.
Cronograma de lecturas
1 de abril
Julio Montero: “Human rights, international human rights and sovereign political authority”.
22 de abril
E. Rivera López: “How to reject resultant moral luck alone”.
13 de mayo
C. Kutz, Complicity: Ethics and Law for a Collective Age, caps. 4 y 5 (a cargo de Ezequiel
Monti).
10 de junio
R. Goodin y C. Lepora, “Complicity and its conceptual cousins”, working paper (a cargo de Julio
Montero).
1 de julio
M. Oisel, “Ever again: Legal resemblance of administrative massacre”, University of
Pennsylvania Law Review 144 (2) (1995), pp. 463-704 (a cargo de Marina Velsaco).
22 de julio
M. Alegre: “Dictadura, violaciones de derechos humanos y responsabilidad judicial”.
12 de agosto
R. Gargarella: “El punto de encuentro entre la teoría penal y la teoría democrática de Carlos
Nino”, manuscrito.
2 de septiembre
T. Christiano: The Constitution of Equality, Capítulo 6 (a cargo de Paula Gaido).
23 de septiembre
P. Pettit: On People’s Terms: A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy, Conclusión (a
cargo de Eduardo Rivera López).
21 de octubre
J. Waldron: “Constitutionalism: A Skeptical View”, Public Law and Legal Theory Research
Papers Working Series, Paper N. 10-87 (a cargo de Marcelo Alegre).
11 de noviembre
I. M. Young: “Activist Challenges to deliberative democracy”, Political Theory 19 (5) (2001),
pp. 670-690 (expositor/a a determinar).
2 de diciembre
Jane Mansbridge, Jane Bohman, David Estlund: “The place of self-interest and the role of power
in deliberative democracy”, The Journal of Political Philosophy 18 (1) (2010), pp. 64-100 (a
cargo de Ezequiel Monti).
Actividades
Todos los participantes del seminario deben cumplir con una asistencia del 75%, colaborar con la
presentación y discusión de los textos durante el seminario y colaborar en la realización de una
memoria de lo discutido durante las reuniones.
Evaluación
Para la aprobación del seminario se debe presentar además un trabajo escrito de entre 4.000 y
5.000 palabras, que desarrolle un argumento original relacionado con alguno de los temas
discutidos durante el curso. La fecha de entrega del trabajo es el viernes 19 de diciembre. Se
brindarán más precisiones respecto del trabajo final durante la cursada.
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