Philosophy 3313: Political Philosophy
Oklahoma Baptist University
Spring 2010
Schedule
All assignments and readings must be completed before the class period on the day they are listed. Unless stated otherwise, bring the completed assignments to class.
Text: Christman’s Social and Political Philosophy
Reader: Rosen and Wolff’s Political Thought
3/12
Text: section IV.f. “Punishment”
3/10
Text: section IV.e. “Rights”
Handout: Hohfeldian Incidents
Assignment: Give a Hohfeldian analysis of our constitutional right to free speech: What are the relevant primary and secondary rules and who has them?
2/19
Reader: pp. 122-132
2/3
Locke on the State of Nature and the Social Contract
Text: Chapter 2
Reader: 3, 18, 21
2/1
Hobbes on the State of Nature and Social Contract
1/27
Text: Chapter 1