Spring 2024 Political Science UN1101 section 001

POLITICAL THEORY I

Call Number 00350
Day & Time
Location
TR 11:40am-12:55pm
202 Altschul Hall (Barnard)
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Alyssa Battistoni
Type LECTURE
Course Description

This course considers key questions at the foundation of political thought.  What is justice?  How do we justify the coercive power of states? Do we have an obligation to obey the government? Who should make and enforce the law?  What basic rights and liberties should governments protect? How should our economic system produce and divide wealth and material resources?  What are the claims of excluded or marginalized groups and how can these claims be addressed?   We explore these questions through the works of several classical and contemporary political thinkers.  A major goal of the course is to practice the skills needed to understand a political thinker’s arguments and to construct one’s own.

Web Site Vergil
Department Political Science @Barnard
Enrollment 145 students (150 max) as of 12:05PM Monday, December 30, 2024
Subject Political Science
Number UN1101
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note STUDENTS MUST ENROLL IN POLS-UN1111 DISCUSSION SECTION
Section key 20241POLS1101V001