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Course Info for PHIL - 102 - 02, Fall 2022
Class number: 3337 Title: Intro to Political Phil Department: Philosophy
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 29 Current enrollment: 27 Available seats: 2
Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: WF: 2:55PM-4:10PM, SH - N130 Instructor(s): Marcano, Donna-Dale
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Course Description:
This course will consider some of the foundational issues of political philosophy such as the conflict between individual liberty and social welfare, the criteria for just distribution of wealth, the concept of equality, and the ideal forms of social cooperation. We will read from the works of some of the major political philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx.