PHIL 333B Philosophy of Natural Right and Natural Law
The discovery of natural right as the origin of political philosophy. Topics include classic natural right in its Socratic-Platonic, Aristotelian, and Thomistic forms, as well as natural right and natural law. Machiavelli and modern natural law and right in Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, the attack on natural right in the name of 'history.' Enduring questions addressed: (1) The Human Condition; (2) Freedom and Justice; (3) The Good Life. Area I.
Cross Listed Courses
PHIL 333, PHIL 333A, PHIL 333B, PHIL 633
Prerequisite
Open to students who've taken one of the following pairs, as well as to graduate students in the pre-theology certificate program and transfer students in the PhB program:
PHIL 201 &
PHIL 202 or
PHIL 211 &
PHIL 212 or
HSPH 101 &
HSPH 102