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Utopia, Violence & Free Speech: Introducing Political Theory - ARTS2384

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Humanities

Course Outline: School of Humanities Course Outlines

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

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Description

Subject Area: Philosophy
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Politics

Historical introduction to political philosophy by means of close readings of texts by Plato, Hobbes and J. S. Mill. Topics covered will include: the nature of political philosophy, the relation between moral and political values, the justification and limits of state authority, ideas of social contract, consent, universal suffrage, power, rights, property, freedom, democracy, mechanisms of political change and conceptions of the public political sphere.


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