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Moral Foundations of Politics

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  • Welcome to Moral Foundations of Politics
    • Welcome to the course. Meet your instructor and learn about the structure of the course and what makes it distinctive.
  • Enlightenment Political Theory
    • This module explores what makes a government legitimate. More specifically, was the Third Reich illegitimate and was Eichmann breaking some kind of higher law here?
  • Utilitarianism: Classical and Neoclassical
    • Classical and neoclassical utilitarianism are examined in this module starting with the historical context. Professor Shapiro then shifts to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today.
  • Marxism, Its Failures and Its Legacy
    • This module on Marx's Enlightenment theory focuses on the foundations of capitalism theory and its major weaknesses.
  • The Social Contract Tradition I
    • This module looks at classical formulations of the Social Contract Tradition, locating them in historical context, but then shifts to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today.
  • The Social Contract Tradition II
    • This module looks at classical formulations of the Social Contract Tradition, locating them in historical context, but then shifts to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today.
  • Anti-Enlightenment Politics
    • This module explores the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking, again exploring both classical and contemporary formulations.
  • Democracy
    • This module deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking.