Politics, Freedom and Biology
GOVT 396
Spring 2018
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Biological processes, the natural world, and the human condition have long inspired political thinkers, from Aristotle to the present. This course takes up important ethical and political questions of human freedom that derive from our human capacities and character. We will examine contemporary philosophical problems in four areas: bioethics; biotechnology, especially as related to reproductive technologies; discourses in human freedom and ecology; and the science of judgment and cognition. Texts will include selections from Aristotle, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Saba Mahmood, Allen Buchanan, and William Connolly. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GOVT)(GOVT-Theory) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Allen Buchanan, Beyond Humanity? The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement (Oxford University Press, 2013).
ISBN: 9780199671496
John S. Dryzek, The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses (Oxford University Press, 2013).
ISBN: 9780199696000
William E. Connolly, Neuropolitics: Thinking, Culture, Speed (University of Minnesota Press, 2002).
ISBN: 9780816640225
Michel Foucault, The Foucault Reader, ed. Paul Rabinow (Vintage Books, 2010).
ISBN: 9780394713403
Michael J. Sandel, The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Belknap Press, 2009).
ISBN: 9780674036383
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments will include one mini-oral presentation, one 6-8 pg. essay, a short topic proposal for a term paper, and a final term paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Some major texts may change. |
| Instructor(s): Williams,Liza Barclay Times: ..T.... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: ALLB113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 9 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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