PHI 260 Introduction To Political Philosophy

3 credit hours

A historical introduction to issues concerning the nature of the state, the proper extent of state power, the duties owed by citizens to the state and to other citizens, and the appropriate goals of state activity. Potential sources include Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx.

Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain