Applied Political Philosophy in Governance

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This workshop focuses on current issues in government. The course looks at current events in the news relating to government. The course also focuses on understanding the teachings of leading social and political philosophers such as Plato, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Mill, and others. Students are required to write a paper on a current political, social, or economic problem that could be addressed by government action. The paper completed for this course satisfies the major paper requirement for the MS degree. Credit hours awarded for this course do not count as credit toward the JD degree.