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PHIL 270

Political Philosophy

3 units

Winter 2022

Topics

Read and comprehend classical or contemporary philosophical texts in political philosophy
Present an argument found a philosophical text in a clear and logical way and raise critical

Readings

Rawls, Political Liberalism, Lecture I “Fundamental Ideas
recommended
Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, excerpts
recommended
Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, Chapter 1
recommended
Marx, Excerpt from “On the Jewish Question” (from “The droits de l’homme” to the end of section 1) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/index.htm + Marx, Excerpts of “Comments on James Mill” (from “Exchange, both of human activity” to “in that of mutual estrangement” and from “Man produces only in order to have” to the end) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/james-mill/index.htm ↗
recommended
Marx, Capital Volume One, Ch. 1 (§§2 and 4), Ch. 4, Ch. 19 and Ch. 26 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm ↗
recommended
Pateman, The Sexual Contract, Ch. 1-2
recommended

Winter 2021

Topics

Read and comprehend classical or contemporary philosophical texts in political philosophy
Present an argument found a philosophical text in a clear and logical way and raise critical

Readings

Rawls, Political Liberalism, Lecture I “Fundamental Ideas
recommended
Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, excerpts
recommended
Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, Chapter 1
recommended
Marx, Excerpt from “On the Jewish Question” (from “The droits de l’homme” to the end of section 1) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/index.htm + Marx, Excerpts of “Comments on James Mill” (from “Exchange, both of human activity” to “in that of mutual estrangement” and from “Man produces only in order to have” to the end) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/james-mill/index.htm ↗
recommended
Marx, Capital Volume One, Ch. 1 (§§2 and 4), Ch. 4, Ch. 19 and Ch. 26 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm ↗
recommended
Pateman, The Sexual Contract, Ch. 1-2
recommended

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
PHIL 270 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
PHIL 270 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
2018-Fall-PHIL-270-LECTURE-A1 ↗2018
2020-Winter-PHIL-270-LECTURE-B1 ↗2020
2021-Winter-PHIL-270-LECTURE-B1 ↗2021
2022-Winter-PHIL-270-LECTURE-B1 ↗2022
Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.
Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.