Philosophy 220
Political Philosophy
Spring 2007

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Handouts

Syllabus
Guidelines for Writing a Philosophy Paper

Handout on Common Grammar Mistakes
Reading Quiz 1 (due Friday 1/26 in class)
Reading Quiz 2 (due Friday 2/9 in class)

Mid-term Review Sheet
First Paper Topics
Second Paper Topics
Final Exam Review Sheet

Lecture Notes

Definition of Political Philosophy
Hobbes on the State of Nature
Locke on the State of Nature
Rousseau on the State of Nature
Anarchism
Defining the State
The Obligation to Obey the State (Social Contract Theory)
The Obligation to Obey the State (Utilitarianism)
The Obligation to Obey the State (The Principle of Fairness)
Democracy (Plato's Challenge)
Democracy (Rousseau)
Negative and Positive Freedom
Mill on Liberty (Part One)
Mill on Liberty (Part Two)
Marx on Liberty
Locke on Property
Utilitarianism and Property Rights
Criticisms of the Free Market
Market Socialism
Equality of Opportunity
Rawls on Justice
Nozick on Justice
Notes on Dignity
A Few Economic Statistics
Feminism and the Ethics of Care

Reading Links

• To access the reading by George Klosko ("Presumptive Benefit, Fairness, and Political Obligation," go to the WebCT login page, login using your email username and password, and then click on the link for Philosophy 220 that should be there.  You will then see a link to the reading. 
  
• Click here for Robert Richie and Steven Hill, "The Case for Proportional Representation."
• Click here for Russell Kirk, "Ten Conservative Principles."
  

Miscellaneous

• (1/31/07) Click here for the article by Jared Diamond that I mentioned in class today ("The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race").
• (2/21/07)  Click here for the in-class video "A Meditation on the Speed Limit."  Click here for some discussion of it.
• (4/25/07) Click here for the OECD Factbook 2007, the source for the economic statistics I used in class the other day when comparing the U.S. and Sweden.
• (4/26/07) Click here for Robert Locke, "Marxism of the Right"
  

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