2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHI 345 - Social and Political Philosophy


This course will examine one of the central questions of philosophy and social theory, namely how we, as human beings, should live together. In addition to examining basic questions concerning community and human nature in the works of philosophers stretching from Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Kant, Marx to Foucault, Habermas, Rawls and Young, this class will also address specific political and social issues such as the rights of the individual in relation to the power of the state and society; the nature and legitimacy of political authority and democracy; the significance of power, economics, justice and equality in social life; and the role of class, race, and gender in politics.

1 semester 3 credits.
Offered as needed.