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SP3144: Political Liberty
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
This module provides the opportunity for students to engage critically with the philosophical literature on the concept of political liberty. Students will read and discuss key texts in modern political philosophy, beginning with Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan. Students will critically analyze the various ways in which liberty has been conceptualised by the most important political thinkers in the modern era.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and critically analyse argumemnts
- Communicate clearly and effectively in writing and orally.
- Complete projects that are well presented, based on independent research, correctly referenced, and cogently argued.
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- HELENA CONDON:
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- NUALA DONOHUE:
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- VESNA MALESEVIC:
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- KEVIN RYAN:
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- NIAMH REILLY:
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- ALLYN FIVES:
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- Stephanie Quinn:
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Reading List
- "Between Past and Future" by Hannh Arendt
Publisher: Penguin - "Nonsense upon stilts" by Jeremy Bentham
Publisher: Methuen - "Liberty" by Isaiah Berlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press - "The practice of liberal pluralism" by William Galston
Publisher: Cambirdge University Press - "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes
Publisher: Oxford University Press - "The Spirit of the Laws" by Montesquieu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press - "A Theory of Justice" by John Rawls
Publisher: Oxford University Press - "The Morality of Freedom" by Joseph Raz
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.