Freedom

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

In this course, we will explore perspectives on freedom, understood as a political problem. The class will survey philosophical perspectives on this problem, including Stoic, liberal, libertarian, and republican traditions of thought. However it will also include substantial discussion of freedom from a historical perspective, including political movements that responded to chattel slavery, the conditions of waged work, and feudal arrangements. Central questions and themes will include: what is the problem of freedom, who (if anyone) is free, and what is required for freedom?