POLS 301 - Political Theory
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.
Meeting Information
Days | Times | Room | Meeting Dates | Instructor |
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MW | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Del Norte 3540 | 8/22/2015 - 12/21/2015 | Mary McThomas |
Status: Closed
Class Number: 2392
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/22/2015 - 12/21/2015
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 31
Available Seats: 0
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Status: RequiredISBN: 978-0486414249
Title: Politics
Publisher: Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Aristotle
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0-19-954061-7
Title: The Analects
Publisher: Oxford UP
Author: Confucius
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0300084290
Title: Utopia
Publisher: Yale UP
Author: Thomas More
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486272740
Title: The Prince
Publisher: Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Machiavelli
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0140431957
Title: Leviathan
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Author: Hobbes
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486424644
Title: The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Con
Publisher: Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Locke
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0872200906
Title: Selected Political Writings
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Author: Montesquieu
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-1-60384-938-8
Title: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Author: Wollstonecraft
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0553585971
Title: Wealth of Nations
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Author: Adam Smith
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0872202184
Title: Selected Writings
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Author: Karl Marx
Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0486421308
Title: On Liberty
Publisher: Dover Thrift Editions
Author: J.S. Mill
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Enrollment Information
- Upper Division