Class Number: 2392
Description: Hours: Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Political Theory is devoted to assessing the authority, legitimacy, and justification of various kinds of political arrangements. How should people live together in society? Is democracy really the best form of government? Can a society legislate morality? What do individuals owe their government? What does their government owe them? This course will consider these and related questions through an introductory survey of works by major political philosophers such as Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, and Marx. Ramifications for issues such as freedom of speech, religious liberty, affirmative action, women's rights, economic inequality, criminal punishment, civil disobedience, and revolution will also be explored.
| Days | Time | Date Range | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MW | 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM | 08/22/2015 - 12/21/2015 | Del Norte Hall 3540 | Mary McThomas |
Status: Closed
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 08/22/2015
End Date: 12/21/2015
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
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Available Seats: 0
Wait List Capacity: 10
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Textbook / Other Materials
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486414249
Title: Politics
Author: Aristotle
Publish: Dover Thrift Editions
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0-19-954061-7
Title: The Analects
Author: Confucius
Publish: Oxford UP
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0300084290
Title: Utopia
Author: Thomas More
Publish: Yale UP
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486272740
Title: The Prince
Author: Machiavelli
Publish: Dover Thrift Editions
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0140431957
Title: Leviathan
Author: Hobbes
Publish: Penguin Classics
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486424644
Title: The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Con
Author: Locke
Publish: Dover Thrift Editions
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0872200906
Title: Selected Political Writings
Author: Montesquieu
Publish: Hackett Publishing Company
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-1-60384-938-8
Title: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Author: Wollstonecraft
Publish: Hackett Publishing
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0553585971
Title: Wealth of Nations
Author: Adam Smith
Publish: Bantam Classics
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0872202184
Title: Selected Writings
Author: Karl Marx
Publish: Hackett Publishing
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486421308
Title: On Liberty
Author: J.S. Mill
Publish: Dover Thrift Editions
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