Class Number: 2092
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTH | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | 01/18/2014 - 05/16/2014 | Bell Tower 2582 | Mary McThomas |
Status: Closed
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 01/18/2014
End Date: 05/16/2014
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.Enrollment Total: 33
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: 978-0199540617
Title: The Analects
Author: Confucius
Publish: Oxford University Press
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0300084290
Title: Utopia
Author: Thomas More
Publish: Yale University Press
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486272740
Title: The Prince
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
Publish: Dover Thrift Editions
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0140431957
Title: Leviathan
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Publish: Penguin Classics
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486424644
Title: The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Con
Author: John 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: 978-1603849388
Title: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
Publish: Hackett Publishing Company
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 Company
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486421308
Title: On Liberty
Author: John Stuart Mill
Publish: Dover Thrift Edition
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