Philosophy 290: Social and Political Philosophy
Schedule of Readings and Assignments
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30
March 31
 Course Introduction
Ethics Lab
(no reading)
Thomas Hobbes,
Leviathan
Editor's Introduction & Ch. XIII
Hobbes,
Leviathan,
Ch. XIV
Hobbes,
Leviathan,
Chs. XVII, XVIII
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7
Hobbes,
Leviathan,
Chs. XV, XXI
David Gauthier,
"Thomas Hobbes: Moral Theorist"
John Locke
Second Treatise of Government
Editor's Introduction &
Sects. 1-24
Locke,
Second Treatise,
Sects. 95-104
Locke,
Second Treatise,
Sects. 119-133
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
Locke,
Second Treatise,
Sects. 211-243
Locke,
Second Treatise,
Sects. 25-51
Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
The Social Contract,
Editor's Introduction & Book I
Rousseau,
The Social Contract,
Book II
Rousseau,
The Social Contract,
Book III
April 17
April 18
April 19
April 20
April 21
Rousseau,
The Social Contract,
Book IV
Isaiah Berlin,
"Two Concepts of Liberty"
Berlin,
concluded
FIRST TEST
NO CLASS
GOOD FRIDAY
April 24
April 25
April 26
April 27
April 28
 Karl Marx,
"Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844"
Marx,
"The Communist Manifesto"
Marx,
"Critique of the Gotha Program"
G.A. Cohen,
"Illusions about Private Property and Freedom"
Catch-up/
Review
(or possibly Allen Wood, "Marx and Equality")
May 1
May 2
May 3
May 4
May 5
John Stuart Mill,
Utilitarianism
Mill,
Utilitarianism, Ch. V
Mill,
On Liberty
Mill,
On Liberty,
concluded
Patrick Devlin,
The Enforcement of Morals
May 8
May 9
May 10
May 11
May 12
Mill,
"Of Property"
John Rawls,
A Theory of Justice
Rawls,
continued
Rawls,
continued
Rawls,
concluded
May 15
May 16
May 17
May 18
May 19
SECOND TEST
 Robert Nozick,
Anarchy, State and Utopia
Nozick,
Anarchy, State and Utopia,
continued
Nozick,
"Locke's Theory of Acquisition and the Proviso"
Nozick,
"Locke's Theory...",
concluded
May 22
May 23
May 24
May 25
May 26
 Library Day
Work on Presentations
 Library Day
Work on Presentations
 Catch-up/
Review
or
Selected Topics TBD
 Catch-up/
Review
or
Selected Topics TBD
 Student Presentation
Day #1
May 29
May 30
May 31
June 1
June 2
NO CLASS
MEMORIAL DAY
 Student Presentation
Day #2
Student Presentation
Day #3
Student Presentation
Day #4
Student Presentation
Day #5
June 5
June 6
June 7
 
 
 
 
 FINAL EXAM
8:00-10:00
 
 

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