PHL 2081 Social & Political Philosophy
Why do we live in society and what are the roots of the rules whereby we live in society? Are human beings really political animals, beings who want and need to live together? Or are others just a painful necessity: the root of inequality? Are laws and governments just the consequence of our having to live together? Or are there natural laws? These are the questions with which this course will deal. Readings will include works by Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Rawls.
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