Subject Area: Philosophy<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Politics<br/><br/>Historical introduction to political philosophy by means of close readings of texts by Plato, Hobbes and J. S. Mill. Topics covered will include: the nature of political philosophy, the relation between moral and political values, the justification and limits of state authority, ideas of social contract, consent, universal suffrage, power, rights, property, freedom, democracy, mechanisms of political change and conceptions of the public political sphere. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 30 units of credit at Level 1
