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POLS 314-01, Modern Political Philosophy, Spring 2008

Wirls, Stephen
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This course will engage us in what may very well be the most important human activity: political philosophy. Political philosophy pursues methodical answers to the two fundamental quandaries human beings must face: How ought we to live? How can we make that idea of the good life a practical reality? Unless we assume that human beings can be reshaped at will, both of these questions require an investigation of human nature: of the true good and happiness we should pursue and of the rational, selfish, and passionate elements of our nature that make all political practice a perilous enterprise
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This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor