Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall/Winter Only, Every Year
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
PHIL-2200 prerequisites
Taking PHIL-2200 is a prerequisite for 1 course directly.
- POL-4200Feminist Political Thought
Description
This course is a critique of attempts to give ethical justification for social institutions and practices. Why should one obey the state? When is disobedience justified? Are there any inalienable and absolute human rights? What are the conditions and limits of liberty? Why and when is it moral to punish? Is free enterprise consistent with principles of justice? Is it ever right to engage in war? Readings will include the work of some of the following: social contract theorists, utilitarians, Hegelians, Marxists, existentialists, and analytic philosophers.
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and PHIL-2205 | POL-2200.
Cross-listed
POL-2200(6).
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