GOVT337 - Virtue and Glory: Classical Political Theory

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Academic Year 2001/2002

Virtue and Glory: Classical Political Theory
GOVT 337 FA

Clusters:

Christian Studies

This course is a survey of premodern political theories, with attention to their major theoretical innovations, historical contexts, and contemporary relevance. Major themes will include the nature of political community and its relation to the cultivation of virtue, the origins of the ideas of law and freedom, the relation between knowledge and power and between politics and salvation. Readings will include Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Moses Maimonides, St. Thomas Aquinas, Niccolo Machiave lli, and others. This course, together with GOVT338 and GOVT339, provides a survey of major Western political theories, and at least two of these courses are recommended for students concentrating in political theory.

MAJOR READINGS

Plato, REPUBLIC
Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS; POLITICS
St. Augustine, CITY OF GOD (selections)
St. Thomas Aquinas, SELECTED POLITICAL WRITINGS
Lerner & Mahdi, eds., MEDIEVAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Machiavelli, THE PRINCE; DISCOURSES (selections)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One short essay; one quiz; one mid-term paper; final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

"I recommend that students who wish to be eligible to register for the course during Drop/Add place themselves on the wait list during on-line registration. Being on the wait list will be a factor I will consider in making Drop/Add period registration decisions."

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Schwartz,Nancy L.

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC104

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 5 FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002