Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Online) offered by Oxford University
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1 Campus- Estd. 1096
Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹25,400 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Course details
- Introduce students to philosophical thinking
- Reading through a number of classical and contemporary readings
- Understand the main problems in political philosophy including the authority of the state, the justification of democracy, the place of liberty, the distribution of property, and feminist theory
- Key arguments for and against the main positions in the main debates in political philosophy
- Enable students to think for themselves about the issues involved in political philosophy
- This online course introduces the student to classic and contemporary texts in the context of approaching some central questions in political philosophy concerning, the state, democracy, liberty and justice
- The course will provide an introduction to political philosophy by examining the justification of the state, problems democracy, liberty, justice, and feminist theory
- Students will be guided through the thought of various classical and contemporary thinkers in both primary and secondary readings, and are encouraged to think for themselves about the problems addressed
- They will engage in various optional activities to stimulate personal reflection, and will contribute to group discussion designed to create a supportive online community with the common task of acquiring an understanding
- By the end of the course students should feel confident of their own position on some of the debates studied
Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Curriculum
Politics, Philosophy and Political philosophy
Introducing political philosophy
The disciplines devoted to the study of politics
Some philosophical approaches to politics
The approach taken in this course
The state of nature
Introduction to the state of nature
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
Justifying the state - the social contract
Political obligation and the social contract
Locke and consent
Tacit consent and Hume's criticisms
Hypothetical consent
Justifying the state - Utilitarianism, the principle of fairness
Utilitarianism
The utilitarian theory of political obligation
The principle of fairness
Plato against democracy
Democracy: General conceptual issues
Plato against democracy
Analysing Plato's argument
Responding to Plato
Defending democracy
Rousseau
Rousseau and democracy
Mill
Mill and democracy
Liberty
Mill on liberty
Stephen, Devlin and Hart
Liberty
The Rushdie affair
Private property and the market
Abolishing property?
Locke on property
Private property and the free market
Rawls's theory of justice
Rawls
The restaurant
Rawls discussion
Feminist criticisms of liberalism
Feminism
Gender difference
Liberal rights and feminism
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