Philosophy 171: Contemporary Political Philosophy

For lecture handouts, go to the Course Web Site. Links to section handouts are provided below.

New office hours for reading and exam period will be announced in January.
The review section will be held on Friday, January 10 at 2pm in Emerson 310.

(There is some overlap in handouts where not all material could be covered in a given week)

Week 1 Section Handout: Rawls and Justice as Fairness
Weeks 2-3 Section Handout: Rawls's Arguments for the Two Principles; Equality and Efficiency; Cohen's Objection
Week 4 Section Handout:: Nozick and the Challenge of Historical Entitlement Theory
Week 5 Section Handout: Nozick and the Left Libertarian Response to Nozick
Week 6 Section Handout: Equality of Welfare and Dworkin on Equality of Resources
Weeks 7-8: See Simon for Handout of Rawls and Sandel excerpts on Abortion and Political Liberalism.
Week 9 Section Handout: Feminism and Justice within the Family
Weeks 10-11 Section Handout: Multiculturalism and Feminism
Week 12 Section Handout: Intergenerational Justice and the Non-Identity Problem

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