Readings

• Locke

Lectures

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FD48CE33DFBEA7E
• Introductory Lecture
• Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition
• Origins of Classical Utilitarianism
• Lecture 5 Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
• Lecture 6 From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism
• Lecture 7 The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
• Lecture 8 Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis
• Lecture 9 The Marxian Challenge
• Lecture 10 Marx's Theory of Capitalism
• Lecture 11 Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice
• Lecture 12 The Marxian Failure and Legacy
• Lecture 13 Appropriating Locke Today
• Lecture 14 Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State
• Lecture 15 Compensation versus Redistribution
• Exam 1 Midterm
• Lecture 16 The Rawlsian Social Contract
• Lecture 17 Distributive Justice and the Welfare State
• Lecture 18 The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy
• Lecture 19 The Burkean Outlook
• Lecture 20 Contemporary Communitarianism (I)
• Lecture 21 Contemporary Communitarianism (II)
• Lecture 22 Democracy and Majority Rule (I)
• Lecture 23 Democracy and Majority Rule (II)
• Lecture 24 Democratic Justice: Theory
• Lecture 25 Democratic Justice: Applications
• Exam 2 Final Exam