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Fall 2013 Philosophy V3751 section 001
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Call Number 25797
Day & Time
Location
TR 8:40am-9:55am
To be announced
Points 3
Approvals Required None
Instructor Axel Honneth
Type LECTURE
Course Description Six major concepts of political philosophy including authority, rights, equality, justice, liberty and democracy are examined in three different ways. First the conceptual issues are analyzed through contemporary essays on these topics by authors like Peters, Hart, Williams, Berlin, Rawls and Schumpeter. Second the classical sources on these topics are discussed through readings from Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Marx, Plato, Mill and Rousseau. Third some attention is paid to relevant contexts of application of these concepts in political society, including such political movements as anarchism, international human rights, conservative, liberal, and Marxist economic policies as well as competing models of democracy.
Web Site CourseWorks
Department Philosophy
Enrollment 20 students (36 max) as of 11:27PM Friday, May 24, 2013
Subject Philosophy
Number V3751
Section 001
Division Interschool
Open To Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, Barnard
Campus Morningside
Section key 20133PHIL3751V001

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