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Class Detail:
WN 2011 Philosophy PHIL 442 - Topics in Political Philosophy Section 001
Credits:	3
Waitlist Capacity:	99
Enforced Prerequisites:	PHIL 361 or 366 with a grade of C- or better; or graduate standing.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Anderson,Elizabeth S
	(real time availability for all sections)

This course explores political philosophy in the post-WWII era. Topics to be explored include Rawlsian and post-Rawlsian egalitarian theory, libertarianism right and left, representative vs. participatory democracy, theories of global justice, and rights and the anti-racist struggle for recognition. Competing theories of equality, liberty, democracy, and human rights will be stressed throughout the course. Class sessions will combine lecture and discussion. There will be two papers and a final examination.

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)

Note:	Additional readings will be made available on CTools.

ISBN: 9780199570522	Epistemic injustice : power and the ethics of knowing, Author: Miranda Fricker., Publisher: Oxford University Press 2009
Required

ISBN: 9780521733199	Rights, race, and recognition, Author: Derrick Darby., Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2009
Required

ISBN: 0674000781	A theory of justice, Author: John Rawls., Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Revised ed 1999
Required