The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Subject Area
Course Number
PHIL 1433 920
Course Code
PHIL1433920
Course Key
76417
Day(s)
Tuesday
Thursday
Time
5:15pm-9:05pm
5:15pm-9:05pm
Instructor
BUSCH, CLARISSA
Primary Program
Secondary Program
Fulfills
Society Sector (All Classes)
Course Description
This is a critical survey of the history of western modern political philosophy, beginning from the Early Modern period and concluding with the 19th or 20th Century. Our study typically begins with Hobbes and ends with Mill or Rawls. The organizing theme of our investigation will be the idea of the Social Contract. We will examine different contract theories as well as criticisms and proposed alternatives to the contract idea, such as utilitarianism. Besides the above, examples of authors we will read are Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Mill and Marx.
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