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Introduction to Political Philosophy

Yale,, Fall 2006 , Prof. Steven B. Smith

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

Introduction: What is Political Philosophy - Socratic Citizenship: Plato's Apology-Plato's Crito - Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic,Plato's Republic,Plato's Republic - The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle's Politics - New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli's The Prince - The Sovereign State: Hobbes' Leviathan - Constitutional Government: Locke's Second Treatise - Constitutional Government: Locke's Second Treatise - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's Discourse - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America - In Defense of Politics

Includes

Lecture 20: Democracy and Participation Rousseaus Social Contract, I-II

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Lecture Details

Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114)

The concept of "general will" is considered Rousseaus most important contribution to political science. It is presented as the answer to the gravest problems of civilization, namely, the problems of inequality, amour-propre, and general discontent. The social contract is the foundation of the general will and the answer to the problem of natural freedom, because nature itself provides no guidelines for determining who should rule. The lecture ends with Rousseaus legacy and the influence he exercised on later nineteenth-century writers and philosophers.

0000 - Chapter 1. Introduction Social Contract and the General Will
2504 - Chapter 2. Applications of the General Will
3054 - Chapter 3. The Legacies of Rousseau

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses

This course was recorded in Fall 2006.

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Sam

Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.

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Dembe

Great course. Thank you very much.

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