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Intro to Formal Philosophy
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Module 10
Political Philosophy: Justice and the State
1
Hobbes's Social Contract: State of Nature & the Sovereign
Explain Hobbes's social contract theory, including the state of nature and the role of the sovereign.
2
Locke's Social Contract: Rights and Limited Government
Explain Locke's social contract theory, including natural rights and the concept of limited government.
3
Rousseau's Social Contract: General Will & Popular Sovereignty
Explain Rousseau's social contract theory, including the general will and popular sovereignty.
4
Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau: Philosophies of Human Nature and Social Contract
Compare the conceptions of human nature and the social contract in Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
5
The Original Position and Principles of Justice
Explain the purpose of Rawls's original position as a device for deriving principles of justice.
6
Rawls's Principles of Justice: Liberty, Difference, and Priority
State and explain Rawls's two principles of justice, including the priority of liberty and the difference principle.
7
Nozick's Entitlement Theory and Critique of Patterned Justice
Reconstruct Nozick's entitlement theory of justice and his critique of patterned distributions.
8
Marx's Theory of Alienation & Historical Materialism
Explain Marx's theory of alienation and the core tenets of historical materialism.
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