Reading: State of Nature and the Basis of excerpt from Thomas “The Obligation” and from John Leviathan, A Letter Hobbes’ “Toleration Government” excerpts Locke’s and Concerning Toleration Second Treatise on Government Thursday, January 23: Reading: and the Freedom of excerpts from Tom “Government, Rights, Generations” and of Independence of the Common Sense The Rights of Man, Paine’s “Declaration United of the Rights of Man and of States,” “Declaration Citizens,” “Private, Profit, excerpt from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Public Good” Adam Smith’s and excerpt from Wealth of Nations, “Freedom Enlightenment” Immanuel Kant’s “What is and excerpt from J. S. On Liberty Enlightenment?,” “Liberty Individuality” Mill’s Part II: Welfare Liberalism Tuesday, January 28: Reading: and excerpt from “Liberalism Positive Freedom” T.H. Green’s “Liberal Legislation and Freedom of A excerpt from Contract,” “New Deal Liberalism: Defense” their available here: Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “I welcome hatred speech” (audio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nuElu-ipTQ), Second President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address (transcript available here: , video available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zncqb-n3zMo). Thursday, January 30: Reading: from John Justice as Fairness: A Restatement “Fundamental Ideas,” Rawls’ (available on e-learning) Part III: Neoclassical liberalism and libertarianism Tuesday, February 4: Reading: to the Fitness of excerpt from William Graham “According Things” Sumner’s A Libertarian What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, “Paternalism v. Democracy: excerpt from For A New Liberty, View,” “Libertarian Anarchism” Murray Rothbard’s “A Libertarian Utopia” Thursday, February 6: Reading: is excerpt from “What Captialism?” Ayn Rand’s Capitalism: An Unknown (available on e-learning), to President Ideal Senator Rand Paul’s Tea Party Response 2013 State of the Union Address (transcript available here: , video Barack Obama’s available here: First Paper Topic Handed Out Conservatism
Reading: “The State of Nature and the Basis of Obligation” excerpt from Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, “Toleration and Government” excerpts from John Locke’s A Letter Concerning Toleration and Second Treatise on Government Thursday, January 23: Reading: “Government, Rights, and the Freedom of Generations” excerpts from Tom Paine’s Common Sense and The Rights of Man, “Declaration of Independence of the United States,” “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens,” “Private, Profit, Public Good” excerpt from Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, “Freedom and Enlightenment” excerpt from Immanuel Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?,” “Liberty and Individuality” excerpt from J. S. Mill’s On Liberty Part II: Welfare Liberalism Tuesday, January 28: Reading: “Liberalism and Positive Freedom” excerpt from T.H. Green’s “Liberal Legislation and Freedom of Contract,” “New Deal Liberalism: A Defense” excerpt from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “I welcome their hatred speech” (audio available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nuElu-ipTQ), President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address (transcript available here: , video available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zncqb-n3zMo). Thursday, January 30: Reading: “Fundamental Ideas,” from John Rawls’ Justice as Fairness: A Restatement (available on e-learning) Part III: Neoclassical liberalism and libertarianism Tuesday, February 4: Reading: “According to the Fitness of Things” excerpt from William Graham Sumner’s What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, “Paternalism v. Democracy: A Libertarian View,” “Libertarian Anarchism” excerpt from Murray Rothbard’s For A New Liberty, “A Libertarian Utopia” Thursday, February 6: Reading: “What is Captialism?” excerpt from Ayn Rand’s Capitalism: An Unknown Ideal (available on e-learning), Senator Rand Paul’s Tea Party Response to President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address (transcript available here: , video available here: First Paper Topic Handed Out Conservatism
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