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Liberal Democratic Thought - POLS3027
PoliticsIntlRelationsSpec2

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Course Outline: Contact School
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 12 units of credit at the POLS2000 level
 
 
Excluded: POLS3927
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Examines problems in liberal democratic thought from Hobbes through Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill and Bentham, to Rawls. Focuses on social contract and the utilitarian calculus to set out the limits of political obligation and the range of legitimate state actions. Includes critical evaluations of these concepts in liberal democratic thought.

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