Class Syllabus

Part I

The Contract

Justice and Ethics

Religion and Spirituality

 

 

Part II

Sources of Authority

The Contract Revisited

 

 

 

Date
Topic
Part I The Contract
Sept. 5 Introduction
10

Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1:1 - 13:18, 15:1 - 18:33, 20:1 - 25:10& Exodus, 1:1 - 11:9, 13:17 - 20:22, 31:18 - 34:35

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Justice and Ethics
12 Plato, Republic, Books 1 - 4
17

Plato, Republic, Books 5 - 8

19 Plato, Republic, Books 9 - 10
24 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1 - 2, 5 (chs. 1-7), 10 (chs. 6-9)
26 Aristotle, Politics, Books 1, 2 (chs. 1-5), 7 (ch. 1), 8 (ch. 1)
Oct.1 Film, Abbas Kiarostami, Close-up
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Religion and Spirituality
3 New Testament, Mathew, Luke, Romans
5 FIRST PAPER DUE BY 12PM IN HAMILTON 809
8 Augustine, City of God, Books 1 (chs. 18, 29-26), 4 (chs. 1-4), 5, 8 (chs. 1-12)
10 Augustine, City of God, Books 12 (chs. 1-28), 14, 15, 19, 22 (chs. 6, 24, 29-30)
15 Quran, Surahs, 1 - 3, 7, 17 - 19
17 Quran, Surahs, 4, 26, 56, 75, 109, 112, 114 & selections from al-Ghazali’s Niche of Lights [Reserves]
19 Lecture, Jonathan Spence, "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collision" at 11am
22 MIDTERM EXAM
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Part II Sources of Authority
24 Part I, Question 1,2; Part II Question 2, 182. al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error [CCWeb]
29 Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah, Book 1, Ch. 1 (pg. 45-69), Ch. 2, Ch. 3 (pg. 123-166)
31 Machiavelli, "Letter to Vettori" and The Prince in Selected Political Writings
Nov. 5 Election day holiday
7 Machiavelli, The Discourses, Preface, Book I, Book II (chs. 1-3, 15, 29), Book III (chs. 1, 8-9, 22-31)
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Las Casas, Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies & Sepulveda, Democrates Alter; Or, On the Just Causes for War Against the Indians

14 Luther, "Freedom of the Christian Man," "Commentary on St Paul's Epistle"
16 SECOND PAPER DUE BY 12PM IN HAMILTON 809
19 Galileo, "Letter to Grand Duchess Christina" [CCWeb] & Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
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The Contract Revisited
21 Hobbes, Leviathan, Part I
26 Hobbes, Leviathan, Part II
28 Hobbes, Leviathan, Part III
Dec. 3 Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chs. 1 - 13
5 Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chs. 14 - 19 & Hume "On the Original Contract" [CCWeb]
7 THIRD PAPER DUE BY 12PM IN HAMILTON 809
10 Review
14 FINAL EXAM
Break Assignment: Kant, "What is Enlightenment?"
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