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