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PHIL202 Political and Social Philosophy

10 cp
Prerequisites
1 Philosophy unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, seminars.

This unit is concerned with the philosophical examination of political and social structures and theories. Topics may include any of: the nature of political society; theories of governmental legitimacy and the authority of law; the nature of democratic government; theories of social organisation (anarchist, liberal, libertarian, socialist, communitarian, feminist); individual political freedom and the question of natural rights; theories of social justice; the common good and the purposes of government; the problem of the limits of government intervention in the lives of individuals; personal fulfilment and the common good; multiculturalism and minority rights and treatment; Catholic social teaching.

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