The Moral Foundations of Politics with Ian Shapiro
25 videos
This course explores main answers to the question "when do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political theories of the Enlightenment—Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition—through classical formulations, historical context, and contemporary debates relating to politics today. It then turns to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking. Lastly, it deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. Practical implications of these arguments are covered through discussion of a variety of concrete problems.
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1. Information and Housekeeping
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2. Introductory Lecture
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3. Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition
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4. Origins of Classical Utilitarianism
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5. Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
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6. From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism
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7. The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
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8. Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis
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9. The Marxian Challenge
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10. Marx's Theory of Capitalism
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11. Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice
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12. The Marxian Failure and Legacy
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13. Appropriating Locke Today
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14. Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State
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15. Compensation versus Redistribution
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16. The Rawlsian Social Contract
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17. Distributive Justice and the Welfare State
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18. The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy
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19. The Burkean Outlook
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20. Contemporary Communitarianism (I)
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21. Contemporary Communitarianism (II)
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22. Democracy and Majority Rule (I)
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23. Democracy and Majority Rule (II)
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24. Democratic Justice: Theory
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25. Democratic Justice: Applications
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