Phil 144: Early Modern Political Philosophy
Spring, 2022
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Readings

Tuesday, March 29
: (no reading, first class).

Hobbes
 
Thursday, March 31
: Hobbes, Leviathan, Introduction (all); ch. I (all); ch. II, §1; ch. III, §12; ch. IV, §§12–13; ch. V (all); ch. VI, §§1–7, 49–59; ch. VII (all); ch. VIII, §§1–2, 13–16; ch’s. X–XI (all) (pp. 3–8, 15, 19, 22–9, 33–8, 40–41, 50–63). (Note: we will read ch. XII, about the origins of religion, later on.)
Tuesday, April 5
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XIII–XV (all) (pp. 74–100).
Thursday, April 7
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XVI–XIX (all) (pp. 101–127).
Tuesday, April 12
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch. XX, §§1–10, 18–19; ch. XXI (all); ch. XXII, §§1–10, 16, 26; ch. XXIII, §§1–8; ch. XXIV, §§1–10; ch. XXV (all) (pp. 127–131, 135–48, 149–50, 152–3, 155–7, 159–63, 165–72).
Thursday, April 14
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch. XXVI, §§1–26, 40–41; ch. XXVIII, §§1–2, ch. XXIX, §§1–17; ch. XXX, §§1–5; ch. XXXI (all) (pp. 172–83, 186–9, 203–4, 210–17, 219–21, 233–44).
Tuesday, April 19
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch. XII (all); ch. XXXII (all); ch. XLII, §§5–14, 36–8; ch. XLVI, §§1–18; Conclusion, §§15–17 (pp. 63–74, 245–50, 336–41, 351–2, 453–60, 495–7).
Thursday, April 21
: No class due the seventh day of Passover.

Locke
 
Monday, April 25
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 1–4 (all) (pp. 7–18); selection from Essay concerning Human Understanding (on the law of reason/law of nature/divine law, vs. other laws); selections from Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina and Essay concerning Human Understanding (on slavery, race, the definition of humanity, and related issues). Note: this special make-up lecture will be at the regular class time, but via Zoom only.
Tuesday, April 26
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch. 5–6, (all) (pp. 18–42).
Wednesday, April 27
: First short paper due.
Thursday, April 28
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch. 7 (all), ch. 8, §§95–9, 119–22 and ch. 9 (all) (pp. 42–53, 63–8).
Tuesday, May 3
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 10–12 and 16–18 (all); ch. 19, §§211–30, 240–43 (pp. 68–77, 91–116, 123–4).

Rousseau
 
Thursday, May 5
: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part I (pp. 44–69).
Tuesday, May 10
: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part II (pp. 69–92).
Wednesday, May 11
: Second short paper due.
Thursday, May 12
: Rousseau, Social Contract, Book I (all); Book II, ch.’s 1–5 (pp. 155–178).
Tuesday, May 17
: Rousseau, Social Contract, Book II, ch.’s 6–12; Book III, ch.’s 1–7 (pp. 178–206).
Thursday, May 19
: Rousseau, Social Contract, Book III, ch.’s 8–18; Book IV, ch.’s 1–3, 8–9 (pp. 207–230, 243–52).

Wollstonecraft
 
Tuesday, May 24
: Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 1 (all) (pp. 11–17).
Thursday, May 26
: Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 5 section on Rousseau, and ch.’s 6–8 (pp. 79–94 and 118–144).
Tuesday, May 31
: Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch.’s 9–11 (pp. 145–57).
Thursday, June 2
: Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 13 (pp. 185–201).
Tuesday, June 7
: Final paper due.

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