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POLSC201: Introduction to Western Political Thought
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Unit 1: The Polis
Unit 2: Modern Political Thought
Unit 3: Liberal Democracy and Its Critics
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Plato's
Republic
: Books I and II
Philosophers and Kings: Plato's
Republic
I-II
Plato's
Republic
: Books III and IV
Philosophers and Kings: Plato's
Republic
III-IV
Discussion: Plato's
Republic
Plato's
Republic
: Book V
Philosophers and Kings: Plato's
Republic
V
Quickfire Quiz:
The Republic
Plato's
Apology
Socratic Citizenship: Plato's
Apology
Plato's
Republic
: Book X
Poetry and Philosophy
The Socratic Method: Short Answer Question
Plato's
Crito
The Antagonism between Personal and Public Virtue
Socratic Citizenship: Plato's
Crito
Quickfire Quiz:
Crito
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
: Book I
The Good Life: Virtue and Well-Being
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
: Book II
The Doctrine of the Mean
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
: Book III
The Preconditions of Virtue: Voluntary vs. Involuntary Action
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
: Books IV-V
Justice as a Virtue
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
: Book VI
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
: Book X
Practical Reason and Politics
Discussion: Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics
Quickfire Quiz:
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle's
Politics
The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle's
Politics
I-III
The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle's
Politics
IV
Distributive Justice as the Task of the Polis
The Primacy of Law
Discussion: Aristotle's
Politics
Unit 1 Assessment
Nicolò Machiavelli's
The Prince
New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli's
The Prince
, Chapters 1-12
Discussion: Machiavelli Today
The Significance of Mercenaries
Quickfire Quiz:
The Prince
Thomas Hobbes'
Leviathan
The Sovereign State: Hobbes'
Leviathan
I
The Sovereign State: Hobbes'
Leviathan
II-III
Quickfire Quiz:
Leviathan
John Locke's
Second Treatise of Government
Constitutional Government: Locke's
Second Treatise
1-5
Constitutional Government: Locke's
Second Treatise
7-12
Constitutional Government: Locke's
Second Treatise
13-19
Discussion: Locke's
Second Treatise
Essay: Perspectives on the Modern State
Quickfire Quiz:
Second Treatise of Civil Government
Unit 2 Assessment
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's
Discourse on Inequality
Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's
Discourse
I
Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's
Discourse
II
Discussion: Rousseau Today
Quickfire Quiz:
Discourse on Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's
The Social Contract
Essay: The Founding Fathers and Enlightenment Thought
Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's
Social Contract
I-II
Quickfire Quiz: Approaches to the Social Contract
Alexis de Tocqueville's
Democracy in America
Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's
Democracy in America
I
Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's
Democracy in America
II
Quickfire Quiz:
Democracy in America
David Riazanov's
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: An Introduction to Their Lives and Work
: Chapter II
Karl Marx (1818–1883)
Karl Marx's
On the Jewish Question
Marx and the Enlightenment
Karl Marx's
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
: Preface
Karl Marx's
Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
: Part I: The Commodity
Karl Marx's
Capital
: Chapter 14: Counteracting Influences
Karl Marx's
Critique of the Gotha Program
Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice
Analytical Marxism: Self-Ownership and Distributive Justice
The Marxian Failure and Legacy
Discussion: Marx and Communism
John Stuart Mill's Immortal Case for Toleration
Mill: Utilitarianism and Liberty
John Stuart Mill's
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's
Utilitarianism
The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis
Perfectionism in Mill's
On Liberty
Quickfire Quiz:
Utilitarianism
and
On Liberty
Unit 3 Assessment
POLSC201 Study Guide
POLSC201: Certificate Final Exam
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