GOVT 1616

Introduction to Political Philosophy

Cornell University · UGRD · Fall 2026

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This course offers a survey of some of Western political philosophy's great canonical theorists: Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx. Our approach will be both historical and conceptual, as we explore the nature of justice, freedom and equality-their presence and absence--in the Western tradition. (GOVT-PT)

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Class #cornell_2-GOVT1616Fall 2026UGRD4 credits

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