Classical Political Philosophy (BPSC 111)
UNIT 1
TEXT AND CONTEXT: READING AND INTERPRETING A TEXT
Plato
UNIT 2
Theory of Forms and the Idea of the Philosopher King
UNIT 3
UNIT 4
EDUCATION (Presentation Themes: Criticism of Democracy, Women and Guardianship, Education, Censorship)
Aristotle
UNIT 5
The State and the Good Life (Endemonia)
UNIT 6
CITIZENSHIP AND THE RULE OF LAW (Presentation Topic: Classification of Governments, Manas Zune Politikon)
Machiavelli
UNIT 7
POLITICS AND ETHICS
UNIT 8
Republicanism (Presentation Themes: Ethics and Statecraft, Virtue)
Hobbs
UNIT 9
SOCIAL CONTRACT
UNIT 10
Sovereignty (Presentation Themes: State of Nature, Leviathan, Atomistic Man)
Lock
UNIT 11
Natural Rights
UNIT 12
Constitutionalism and Limited Government
UNIT 13
THE IDEA OF TOLERANCE