Political Philosophy Hobbes to Human Rights Course at Athabasca University

Political Science (POLI) 357
Political Philosophy: Hobbes to Human Rights (Revision 2)

View previous syllabus.

Delivery mode: Individualized study.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: None.

Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies

POLI 357 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview

Political Philosophy: Hobbes to Human Rights introduces early modern and modern political philosophy. The course provides a solid grounding in the content of Hobbes’ Leviathan, Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, Rousseau’s Social Contract, and Mill’s On Liberty. Attention is also given to the political writings of Karl Marx and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Outline

Part 1: Early Modern Political Philosophy
Unit 1: Re-Ordering Political Philosophy: The Individual
Unit 2: Hobbes on Human Nature
Unit 3: Hobbes on Civil Society
Unit 4: Locke: An Overview
Unit 5: Locke’s Politics

Part 2: Modern Political Philosophy
Unit 6: Rousseau
Unit 7: The Rights of Woman: Wollstonecraft
Unit 8: Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill
Unit 9: Marx
Unit 10: Human Rights
Unit 11: Feminist Political Philosophy
Unit 12: Conclusion: Re-visioning Continues

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