Justice Society The State

AY2017/2018 Semester 1

This course explores some fundamental problems in political philosophy. We will examine classic texts written by thinkers who lived centuries ago, as well as influential works by contemporary philosophers. All these writings should be appreciated as offering very good answers to difficult moral questions about government, rights, justice, and citizenship. However, as the student will see, the authors often disagree with one another, and no single philosopher's view of things is beyond criticism. The student's task will be to evaluate the various perspectives and form a reasoned opinion as to how the problems of the course are best resolved.