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Moral Foundations of Politics (PLSC 118) Yale

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This course explores main answers to the question "when do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political theories of the Enlightenment—Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition—through classical formulations, historical context, and contemporary debates relating to politics today. It then turns to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking. Lastly, it deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. Practical implications of these arguments are covered through discussion of a variety of concrete problems.

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Language: English

Professors: Michael Williams

Units: 25

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Lec 1. Information and Housekeeping
Lec 2. Introductory Lecture
Lec 3. Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition
Lec 4. Origins of Classical Utilitarianism
Lec 5. Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
Lec 6. From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism
Lec 7. The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
Lec 8. Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis
Lec 9. The Marxian Challenge
Lec 10. Marx's Theory of Capitalism
Lec 11. Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justi...
Lec 12. The Marxian Failure and Legacy
Lec 13. Appropriating Locke Today
Lec 14. Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State
Lec 15. Compensation versus Redistribution
Lec 16. The Rawlsian Social Contract
Lec 17. Distributive Justice and the Welfare State
Lec 18. The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy
Lec 19. The Burkean Outlook
Lec 20. Contemporary Communitarianism (I)
Lec 21. Contemporary Communitarianism (II)
Lec 22. Democracy and Majority Rule (I)
Lec 23. Democracy and Majority Rule (II)
Lec 24. Democratic Justice: Theory
Lec 25. Democratic Justice: Applications

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