history of political thought spring 2005 -- prof moran s-204 monday 7 – 9:50 pm

History of Political Thought

Spring 2005 -- Prof Moran

S-204

Monday 7 – 9:50 pm

Contact Info Office: Grossnickle 246 Phone: 201-200-3259 Departmental Phone: 201-200-3231 Email: fmoran@njcu.edu Webpage: http://faculty.njcu.edu/fmoran AIM screenname: fmoran3

Course Description This course introduces you to major works in

western political thought We’ll examine key concepts like:

Equality Liberty Democracy Justice

Grading & Exams Papers Final Exam Participation

Papers 5 papers over the course of the semester 2 to 3 pages Can submit more than 5, I’ll take the best 5

Final Exam In-class affair Date and Time set by the University

16 May 2005 @ 7:00 pm Open Book/Open Note

Caveats Keep the chatter to a minimum Coffee, tea, or other beverages are ok. Save

the smelly, noisy, messy foods for outside class

No cells, beepers, pagers, iPods, mp3 players, cd players, etc., etc., etc.

Respect each other

Course Structure Equality Democracy Justice

What’s on Tap?

Plato’s Republic Aristotle’s Politics

What’s on Tap Machiavelli’s The

Prince

Locke’s Second Treatise on Government

What’s on tap Hobbes’s Leviathan

Rousseau Discourse On Inequality On Social Contract

What’s on Tap

Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Women

Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France

What’s on Tap John Stuart Mill

On Liberty Utilitarianism On the Subjection of

Women

What’s on Tap Marx & Engels

Communist Manifesto 1844 Manuscripts German Ideology Das Kapital

Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf