Social and Political Philosophy

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Course studies questions at the core of social and political thought in ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophy. Content includes philosophical views of justice, freedom, and power through a study of the work of key figures such as Confucius, Xunzi, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Mill, Beauvoir, Gandhi, King, Fanon, Arendt, Nkrumah, Foucault, Davis, and Mills. Course may also focus on contemporary social and political issues involving topics such as economic inequality, civil rights, animal rights, immigration, and climate change.