PHI 3100 Political Philosophy

(also POL 3100; formerly PHI/POL 310)

This course examines the development of major political doctrines, such as classical republicanism, modern national monarchism, liberal democracy and socialism. The development of these philosophies within the cultural and historical contexts in which they were invented will be explored in an attempt to demarcate their basic assumptions, social prognosis and programs for obtaining a just state.