PHIL 331 — History of Philosophy: Social & Political Philosophy
This course is a historical survey of social and political philosophy. Readings and discussions are organized around the fundamental questions of what is justice and what makes a just society. Students will critically examine concepts such as equality, fairness, community, and reciprocity, and apply them to issues such as private property, the family, the distribution of wealth and power, taxation, and forms of government. Possible historical figures covered include Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, john Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, John Stuart Mill, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Rawls, and Virginia Held.