Social and Political Philosophy Taught Spring 2010 with a slightly different syllabus Taught Summer 2003 Readings Social Contract Thomas Hobbes, selections from Leviathan Optional: Gregory Kavka, chapter 4 of Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory John Rawls, selections from A Theory of Justice John Harsanyi, "Can the Maximin Principle Serve as a Basis for Morality? A Critique of John Rawls's Theory" Fred D'Agostino, Gerald Gaus, and John Thrasher, "Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract" David Enoch, "The Disorder of Public Reason" Gerald Gaus, "On Dissing Public Reason" David Enoch, "Political Philosophy and Epistemology" Martha Nussbaum, selections from Frontiers of Justice Social Choices, Social Welfare Functions, Consequentialism Michael Resnik, selections from "Decisions Under Risk: Utility" in Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory (Optional: preceding chapters) Martha Nussbaum, selections from Creating Capabilities Michael Resnik, "Social Choices" in Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory Derek Parfit, "Future Generations", Part Four of Reasons and Persons Optional: Melinda Roberts, "Population Axiology" Optional: Gustaf Arrhenius, "An Impossibility Theorem for Welfarist Axiologies" Milton Friedman, selections from Capitalism and Freedom Sarah Conly, selections from Against Autonomy David Enoch, "Hypothetical Consent and the Value(s) of Autonomy" Elizabeth Anderson, "What is the Point of Equality?" Rights, Deontology John Locke, selections from Second Treatise of Government USA Declaration of Independence Robert Nozick, selections from Anarchy, State, and Utopia Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion" Judith Jarvis Thomson, "Some Ruminations on Rights" Judith Jarvis Thomson, selections from The Realm of Rights Iris Marion Young, "Displacing the Distributive Paradigm", in Justice and the Politics of Difference Property, Markets, Collective Action, Institutional Diversity and Legitimacy Adam Smith, selections from The Wealth of Nations Robert Frank, "The First and Second Welfare Theorems", in Microeconomics and Behavior Daniel Hausman, Michael McPherson, and Debra Satz, selections from Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" Elinor Ostrom, "Revisiting the Commons" David Schmidtz, "The Institution of Property" Elinor Ostrom, selections from Governing the Commons Joel Feinberg, selections from Harm to Others Carol Rose, "Liberty, Property, Environmentalism" Anne-Marie Slaughter, selections from The Chessboard and the Web and A New World Order Fabienne Peter, "Political Legitimacy" Thomas Christiano, "The Legitimacy of International Institutions" Global Justice Laura Valentini, selections from Justice in a Globalized World Charles Beitz, selections from Political Theory and International Relations Onora O’Neill, “Identities, Boundaries, and States,” in Bounds of Justice William Easterly, selections from The Tyranny of Experts Anna Stilz, selections from Territorial Sovereignty Just War Theory Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars David Brink, notes on contemporary political philosophy (optional) Niko Kolodny, handouts on the history of political philosophy (optional) |