PHIL 479 - Modern Political Philosophy

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freeman. Considers the treatment of such issues as sovereignty, legitimacy, obligation, property and the limits of state power in natural rights theory, social-contract theory and utilitarianism. Authors to be studied may include Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, J.S. Mill, T.M. Green and F.H. Bradley.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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