Modern Political Philosophy
- Course Code
- PHIL 0110 /PSCI 0110
- Course Type
- Tutorials
- Subject Credit
- Course Availability
This course critically examines the meaning and political significance of some of the key concepts and values discussed by modern political philosophers, including: power, political authority, democracy, justice, equality, liberty and autonomy. It covers the key works of some major philosophers – including John Rawls, Robert Nozick and Ronald Dworkin – as well as trends in modern socialist and feminist thought.
Sample reading:
Ronald Dworkin, Sovereign Virtue: the Theory and Practice of Equality (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000)
Ross Harrison, Democracy (London: Routledge, 1993)
Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy 2nd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002)
Steven Lukes, Power: a radical view (London: Macmillan, 2005)
Catharine Mackinnon, Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989)
Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia (Oxford: Blackwell, 1974)
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice Rev. ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)
Joseph Raz, The Morality of Freedom (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986)