plsc 100: political theory
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Danford
MWF 10:25am / LSC
According to Aristotle, the thinker generally regarded as the founder of the scientific study of politics, political science is the architectonic science, the most comprehensive attempt to understand and articulate the human good. Its central question is the question how should human beings live. Inquiry into the human good requires a comprehensive understanding of human nature--what kind of creatures are we?--along with an account of the circumstances of political life. This course will serve as a theoretical and comparative introduction to political science thus understood. We will consider the chief answers which have been given to these questions over the 2,400 years during which serious political science has been practiced. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Ms. Skowronski
MWF 12:35pm / LSC
Assessments of public policy and government are inextricably bound to a vision of the public good. The goal of this course is to examine and make explicit our own visions of the public good. We will accomplish this through reading and discussing historical political theorists: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, and the American Founders, as well as some more recent authors. The goal in our discussions will be threefold: to understand, criticize, and apply the arguments of each theorist. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Katz
TTh 8:30am / LSC
This course explores two political problems. The first part examines the problem of “dirty hands,” of men and women who harm unjustly for the sake of justice. We will contrast the positions of Socrates (who chooses death rather than commit an injustice) and Machiavelli (who counsels injustice when necessity requires it.) The focus of the second part is the relationship between liberty and equality. We will compare two approaches to the problem: that of John Locke and that of John Rawls. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Katz
TTh 10:00am / LSC
This course explores two political problems. The first part examines the problem of “dirty hands,” of men and women who harm unjustly for the sake of justice. We will contrast the positions of Socrates (who chooses death rather than commit an injustice) and Machiavelli (who counsels injustice when necessity requires it.) The focus of the second part is the relationship between liberty and equality. We will compare two approaches to the problem: that of John Locke and that of John Rawls. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Engeman
TTh 1:00pm / LSC
This course examines the theoretical and practical approaches to the politics in the ancient, Christian, modern, and contemporary periods. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Danford
MWF 10:25am / LSC
According to Aristotle, the thinker generally regarded as the founder of the scientific study of politics, political science is the architectonic science, the most comprehensive attempt to understand and articulate the human good. Its central question is the question how should human beings live. Inquiry into the human good requires a comprehensive understanding of human nature--what kind of creatures are we?--along with an account of the circumstances of political life. This course will serve as a theoretical and comparative introduction to political science thus understood. We will consider the chief answers which have been given to these questions over the 2,400 years during which serious political science has been practiced. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Ms. Skowronski
MWF 12:35pm / LSC
Assessments of public policy and government are inextricably bound to a vision of the public good. The goal of this course is to examine and make explicit our own visions of the public good. We will accomplish this through reading and discussing historical political theorists: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, and the American Founders, as well as some more recent authors. The goal in our discussions will be threefold: to understand, criticize, and apply the arguments of each theorist. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Katz
TTh 8:30am / LSC
This course explores two political problems. The first part examines the problem of “dirty hands,” of men and women who harm unjustly for the sake of justice. We will contrast the positions of Socrates (who chooses death rather than commit an injustice) and Machiavelli (who counsels injustice when necessity requires it.) The focus of the second part is the relationship between liberty and equality. We will compare two approaches to the problem: that of John Locke and that of John Rawls. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Katz
TTh 10:00am / LSC
This course explores two political problems. The first part examines the problem of “dirty hands,” of men and women who harm unjustly for the sake of justice. We will contrast the positions of Socrates (who chooses death rather than commit an injustice) and Machiavelli (who counsels injustice when necessity requires it.) The focus of the second part is the relationship between liberty and equality. We will compare two approaches to the problem: that of John Locke and that of John Rawls. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.
PLSC 100: Political Theory
Professor Engeman
TTh 1:00pm / LSC
This course examines the theoretical and practical approaches to the politics in the ancient, Christian, modern, and contemporary periods. This course is an option in the "Philosophical Knowledge" section of the core curriculum.