WHY STUDY PHILOSOPHY AT THE FACULTY OF LAW?
WHY STUDY PHILOSOPHY AT THE FACULTY OF LAW?

Summary/Abstract: Our article brings forward the need to study philosophy, today, in legal higher education which aims to train jurisprudence specialists capable of targeting justice in a rule of law state. The idea we start from is that there is no law without philosophy, because we cannot speak of law without the comprehension of justice. It is common knowledge that justice is a fundamental value upon which philosophy, from antiquity (through Plato and Aristotle) and up to Jh. Rawls, developed ideas and theories meant to lead to the understanding of human nature as well as to the importance of philosophical education (paideia) for magistrates so as they can reach the conscience of justice. Our paper is founded on a case study based on relevant samples consisting of full-time and part-time 1st year students from The Faculty of Law and Administration within the DCCU, who study General Philosophy. 100 1st-year students were surveyed: 50 full-time students and 50 part-time students.

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