SOC-STD 98ma - Freedom

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course deals with historical and contemporary treatments of freedom. We ask questions like: is freedom an inward or outward experience? How is freedom related to slavery? What distinguishes modern from ancient liberty? We also look at positive compared with negative liberty; equality and the "fair value" of liberties; free labor versus the right to be lazy. Authors include Aristotle, Epictetus, Hobbes, Rousseau, Constant, Marx, Douglass, Berlin, Skinner, Cohen, Nozick, Rawls, Sen, Taylor, Russell.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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