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Revolutionary Ideas: Borders, Elections, Constitutions, Prisons
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Introduction to Part II of the Course
An introduction to the course and to some of the fundamental problems in legal and political philosophy. - Week 2 - Political Community and Borders
This unit explores the issues of how our political communities are and should be defined. What is the basis of political community? Should we be allowed to change what political community we are a part of? If so, how easily? - Week 3 - Representatives, Elections, and Lotteries
This unit examines how our political community, once defined, should make law and policy. Who should get to have a say? - Week 4 - Constitutions
This unit examines the role and importance of constitutions. Should we have a constitution? Why might we want one? What should be in it? - Week 5 - Prisons and Punishment & Conclusions
This unit considers the role of crime and punishment within a political community. What should be illegal? What should happen if people break the law?
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Alexander Guerrero
Assistant Professor
Philosophy and Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Editor
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn), founded in 1740, is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and considers itself the first university in the United States to offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
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