- Social Sciences 2 The Western Political Tradition

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Shimer College

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Social Sciences 2 concerns political judgment and the values which underpin it. The search for the "good life" through politics has been a human quest since antiquity. One's education as a citizen of the state is the foundation of the classical formulation of a liberal arts education. The central objective of this course is the education of such citizens, those who participate through public judgment in shaping the political world. Such an education requires an understanding of the founding documents of the American political system as well as other seminal works of Western thought?Reading List Plato, "Republic" Aristotle, Politics St. Thomas Aquinas, "Treatise on Law" Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract The United States Declaration of Independence The United States Constitution The Federalist Papers Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations CHarles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, The Sprit of the Laws Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Women

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.shimer.edu

Phone Number:

(312) 235-3500

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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