The Moral Basis of Politics
GOVT 159
Fall 2020
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01
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
An introduction to upper-level courses in political theory, the course considers the basic moral issues that hedge government and politics: Under what, if any, circumstances ought one to obey the laws and orders of those in power? Is there ever a duty to resist political authority? By what values and principles can we evaluate political arrangements? What are the meanings of terms like freedom, justice, equality, law, community, interests, and rights? How is our vision of the good society to be related to our strategies of political action? What are the roles of organization, leadership, compromise, and violence in bringing about social change? Readings will include political philosophy, plays, contemporary social criticism, and modern social science. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(CSCT)(EDST)(GOVT)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays, Penguin edition, 0140444254
Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates, Dover thrift edition, 0486270661
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Hackett edition, 0915144867
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Basic Political Writings, Hackett edition, 1603846735
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Vintage 2011 edition, 030727778X
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish, Vintage edition, 0679752552
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| Instructor(s): Chakravarti,Sonali Times: ..T.R.. 01:00PM-02:20PM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 20 | FR: 15 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 18 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 3 | Unranked: 10 |
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