Handouts
Assignments
The Fall and Rise of Contemporary Political Philosophy
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Iris Young: Critiquing the Distributive ParadigmWed, Apr 29, 2026
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The Radical/Lesbian Feminist Argument against PornographyWed, Apr 22, 2026
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Monique Wittig, The Straight Mind and Other Essays (1992)Wed, Apr 15, 2026
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John Rawls IV: Political, Not Metaphysical, LiberalismMon, Apr 13, 2026
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John Rawls III: Civil DisobedienceWed, Apr 8, 2026
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John Rawls II: Game Time!Mon, Apr 6, 2026
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John Rawls I: Framing and MethodologyMon, Mar 30, 2026
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U.S. Social Movements of the 1950s–70sMon, Mar 23, 2026
The Making of Modern Political Philosophy
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Karl Marx I: Early WritingsWed, Mar 4, 2026
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John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859)Mon, Mar 2, 2026
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Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional DesignMon, Feb 23, 2026
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Charles Mills, The Racial Contract (1997)Wed, Feb 18, 2026
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Second Discourse (1755) & On the Social Contract (1762)Mon, Feb 16, 2026
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Carole Pateman, The Sexual Contract (1988)Wed, Feb 11, 2026
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John Locke, Second Treatise (1689)Mon, Feb 9, 2026
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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)Wed, Feb 4, 2026
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Plato, Republic & Statesman: Philosophy Rules?Mon, Feb 2, 2026
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Plato, Republic: Thrasymachus’ ChallengesWed, Jan 28, 2026
Introduction