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Political Philosophy - PHIL 210

Examines justice, liberty, equality, rights, political authority, democracy, social contracts, and major thinkers such as Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Rawls.

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06 Liberty and Political Power

Explore negative and positive liberty, how government action can restrict or enable freedom, and the principles used to assess political intervention.
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09 Rawls and Justice as Fairness

Explore Rawls’s account of fair principles for society, how the original position models impartial choice, and the priorities that govern liberties, opportunity, and inequality.
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08 Democracy and Political Representation

Learn how democratic popular control, participation, representation, majority decisions, and political rights work together.
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10 Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

Compare major theories of justice and political authority, then use them to assess democracy, rights, security, equality, and contemporary policy disputes.
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07 Equality, Rights, and Distributive Justice

Compare major understandings of equality and distributive justice, then examine how rights and Rawls’s principles shape judgments about fair social arrangements.
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05 Rousseau and Popular Sovereignty

Explore Rousseau’s account of legitimate political authority, self-government, and the tensions between collective lawmaking and individual freedom.
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04 Locke on Rights and Limited Government

Explore Locke’s account of natural rights, consent, limited government, and when a community may resist rulers who betray their trust.
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03 Hobbes and the Social Contract

Explore Hobbes’s argument that people authorize a powerful common authority to secure peace, while retaining an interest in self-preservation.
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01 Foundations of Political Philosophy

Learn how political philosophy evaluates justice, political power, authority, legitimacy, and the role of the state in collective life.
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02 Plato on Justice and the Ideal State

Explore Plato’s account of justice as ordered cooperation in the city and the soul, the structure of his ideal state, and the questions his political ideas raise.
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Quizzes

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03 Hobbes and the Social Contract

A medium-difficulty quiz on Hobbes’s account of the state of nature, the social contract, and sovereign authority.
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08 Democracy and Political Representation

A medium-difficulty quiz on democratic participation, representation, majority rule, and political rights.
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09 Rawls and Justice as Fairness

A quiz on Rawls’s justice as fairness, including the original position, the veil of ignorance, the principles of justice, and their application to institutions.
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04 Locke on Rights and Limited Government

A medium-difficulty quiz on Locke’s account of natural rights, consent, limited government, and resistance to tyranny.
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10 Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying key concepts and theories in contemporary political philosophy.
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07 Equality, Rights, and Distributive Justice

A medium-difficulty quiz on equality, rights, and competing principles of distributive justice, with questions that ask learners to interpret and apply the ideas.
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02 Plato on Justice and the Ideal State

A medium-difficulty quiz on Plato’s account of justice, the ideal state, philosopher-rulers, and the questions his political theory raises.
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01 Foundations of Political Philosophy

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying the core concepts and distinctions of political philosophy to public decisions and institutions.
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05 Rousseau and Popular Sovereignty

A medium-difficulty quiz on Rousseau’s social contract, freedom, the general will, and popular sovereignty.
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06 Liberty and Political Power

A medium-difficulty quiz on negative and positive liberty, state intervention, the harm principle, and paternalism.
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Flashcards

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07 Equality, Rights, and Distributive Justice

Review how different accounts of equality, rights, and distributive justice evaluate fair social arrangements.
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08 Democracy and Political Representation

Review the principles of democracy, forms of participation and representation, and the safeguards that protect rights under majority rule.
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05 Rousseau and Popular Sovereignty

Review Rousseau’s social contract, popular sovereignty, civic freedom, and the tensions in his account of collective self-government.
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09 Rawls and Justice as Fairness

Review Rawls’s model of impartial choice, the principles of justice as fairness, and their application to social and economic institutions.
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10 Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

Review key concepts and influential theories in political philosophy, from justice and legitimacy to democracy and public justification.
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03 Hobbes and the Social Contract

Review Hobbes’s account of the state of nature, the social contract, sovereign authority, and the limits of political obligation.
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04 Locke on Rights and Limited Government

Review Locke’s account of natural rights, consent, limited government, and the people’s right to resist tyranny.
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06 Liberty and Political Power

Explore negative and positive liberty, the effects of state intervention, and principles for judging when limits on personal choice may be justified.
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01 Foundations of Political Philosophy

Learn how political philosophy evaluates justice, political power, authority, legitimacy, and the state.
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02 Plato on Justice and the Ideal State

Review Plato’s account of justice in the city and soul, the structure of Kallipolis, and the principles and tensions of philosopher-rule.
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