ࡱ> FHE M)bjbj =DM!DS,0Z"| $ X#^+ZZ+@       pe"0 V0 #M# # "h T ++e# :  Politics 205 Fall 2009 POLITICAL IDEAS SEMINAR Instructor: Clyde Frazier Office: Joyner 224, X8540 Office Hours: 10-11 MW & most F; TTh by appointment Home: 919-929-6249 E-mail: frazierc@meredith.edu Course Description: We will read and analyze original works in the area of modern and contemporary political philosophy. Special emphasis will be placed on alternative ethical prescriptions for political life and on developing your ability to express critical thinking about these issues orally and in writing. This course will be organized around two fundamental ethical choices which structure political life: freedom vs order and equality vs opportunity. We will explore what diverse ideologies like democracy, socialism, liberalism, conservatism, fascism and feminism have to say about these choices. This course satisfies the WI (Writing Intensive) thread requirement. You will have informal written assignments (details below) on the readings and will write a series of four, five page papers summary, comparison and critique. For each paper you will submit a draft which will be read by your fellow students and the instructor. The final version is makes up of your grade for the paper. This course will be conducted as a seminar. Rather than telling you what the readings mean, I will try to help you find ways to discover their meanings for yourself; rather than telling you what to think of the different approaches, I will help you develop your own critical analysis of them. Most class sessions will be spent in discussion, debate and other structured interaction which will actively engage you with the readings and with your classmates. My aim is to help you form a community of inquiry in which you support and learn from each other. This is a no laptop class. Course Learning Objectives: Students will: Develop their ability to read difficult material. Develop their ability to think critically and communicate orally and in writing. Become familiar with basic ethical theories about political life and think critically about them through writing and discussion. (See Social Science Learning Outcome #1: Students will know basic theoretical frameworks within the particular fiels of study or discipline) Critique those ethical theories and apply them to concrete political dilemmas. (See Social Science Learning Outcome #4: Students will apply theoretically-based explanations and solutions to individual behavior or societal phenomena) Write and revise four, five page papers. Text: Terence Ball and Richard Dagger, Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader, 7th edition. Some material will also be placed on Blackboard. You will need access to word processing equipment including a WORKING PRINTER. All papers and homework must be typed. Grades: Will be computed in the following manner using a 10 point scale: 10% Class Attendance: Perfect Attendance = 100. Subtract 10 points for each unexcused absence. Absences excused only with note when you return. Late arrival, early departure, open laptop, texting or ringing telephone = absence. 15% Checked Informal Writing See Details Below 15% Graded Informal Writing 15% Drafts - on time; required length; serious effort. Two required conferences on paper drafts. Appointments kept. Additional required conferences with the instructor or the Writing Center.. 45% Final Papers 10% Extra Credit: Especially valuable class participation & paper comments Extra drafts of papers or Writing Center conferences Late work will be penalized. Honor: The Meredith Honor Code applies to all work undertaken for this course. You will regularly talk with others about your papers, but both formal and informal writing assignments must be entirely your own work. All sources used to write your papers must be fully and accurately acknowledged using MLA parenthetical format. Cite only direct quotations from the texts using only the page on which they appear. Please consult the instructor if you have any questions about the application of the Honor Code to this course or if you observe or commit any infractions. General Meredith Statement of Honor We, the Meredith Community, are committed to developing and affirming in each student a sense of personal honor and responsibility. Uncompromising honesty and forthrightness are essential elements of this commitment. The Honor System is a method by which individual honors are protected and maintained. Any dishonorable action will be regarded as a violation of this commitment, and corrective action will be taken. If I am in violation of the Honor Code, to prevent jeopardizing the Honor System or weakening our system of self-government, I have an obligation to report myself to the proper authorities. If I am aware of a violation of the Honor System by another student, I shall call this matter to the attention of that student as a violation of responsibility to the community. In choosing Meredith College, I am accepting the Honor System as a way of life. As a Meredith student, I am responsible for insuring that the Honor System is at all times carried out. Weather: Class will be conducted unless the college is closed Call 832-8878 for information. Disabililty: Accommodations will be made for documented disabilities (contact x8427) as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act 42 USC @ 12101 et. seq. Informal Writing Your daily homework assignments are informal writing, in contrast to the final papers which are to be polished writing. Informal writing is done in a single draft with little revision or corrections made. On each day when a reading assignment is due, you will write a 2 page informal response to a question posted on blackboard. The audience for this writing is your fellow students. Often they will read and react to what you have written. The function of these assignments is to develop your understanding of the readings and lead you to think critically about them. Your writing should be tentative and experimental; feel free to express your confusions and to ask your classmates for help. You are welcome to express your reactions, but you should always give a reason for your agreement or disagreement with a piece. You should not try to produce a mini essay. You are expected to focus primarily on the question(s) posed by the instructor, but are also feel free to bring up issues that concern, confuse or seem important to you. You are expected to turn in typed hard copies of your homework assignments. Only one handwritten and 1 emailed assignment will be accepted without penalty. The required minimum length is 500 words. (2 pages, double space, no extra speces, 12 point type, 1.25 margins). Note that 2 full pages are expected, not one page and a fraction. Most homework assignments will be marked as check, check+ or check-. These marks will be based on whether you have made a serious attempt to deal with the readings and meet the minimum length requirement. A check on all assignments will earn you a B+. A few assignments will be graded on a 10 point scale. Pol 205 Fall 2009 SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS August 19 W Introduction - Course Policy & Procedure I EQUALITY, OPPORTUNITY AND HEIRARCHY The Basic Issues 24 M #33 More 26 W Rawls (BlackBoard BB) 31 M Nozick (BB) September 2 W Draft Summary of Rawls Due The Celebration of Inequality 9 W #24 Burke (pp. 140-141); #19 Sumner; Lasch (BB) 14 M Nietzsche (reserve) 16 W Final Summary Due The Marxist Approach 21 M Walzer (BB) 23 W #35 & 36 Marx & Engels 28 M #38 Lenin (232-234) The Transition; Lenin (BB); #44 Yates 30 W Draft Comparison of Rawls & Nozick Due Contemporary Issues Gender & Species October 5 M #55 Frye 7 W Men (BB) (2 files) 12 M #59 Singer 14 W Final Comparison Due 19 M #60 Leopold; #61 Berry II LIBERTY AND ORDER The Extremes 21 W Goldman & Kropotkin (BB) 26 M Hobbes (BB) 28 W Draft Critique of Singer Due Disobedience and Revolution November 2 M Locke (BB) 4 W #49 Martin Luther King The Limits of Liberty 9 M #18 Mill (104-106 only); #21 Allen; Spragens (BB) 11 W Final Critique Due 16 M #16 Smith; Smith & Hardin Readings (BB) 18 W #18 Mill (106 only, omit last paragrpah); Delgado (BB) Conservatives and Fascists 23 M #24 Burke (pp. 136-140); #29 Bork 30 M Draft Critique of Hobbes Due December 2 W #46 Mussolini; #47 Rocco 7 M Final Critique Due - 1:00 PM 12Ffy  s    7 L S r u   8 ~ »»籪ɱɻɱ hy(5\h/}56\] hrwh5\hrwhh/}5\ h B5\ h.5\ h5\hH3Ehlh.h/}5CJ\aJ h/}5\ hll5\ h5\h/}<12n 7 .=o 1$^`1$`1$1$$1$a$1$ $1$a$gdrwh ,-=,Ck%O69uvwx"9 "&/򤝤뤖 hrwh5\ hwse5\ h5\ hHXx5\h/}56\] hg5\ h~^L5\ h$5\ hll5\h%h/} hhh h5\ h/}5\ h5\9EFwx;n/bFY=agdOp1$^p 1$^`1$ 1$^`/45=bCDFJ[e=a./679:4Eپ򮠒ي{sh/}CJaJhgCJaJ h05\h0hOh056CJ\]aJhO56CJ\]aJhO6CJaJ hwse5\h0h/}5\hghg5 hg5hgh/} hy(5\ hO5\ h="+5\ h/}5\ h B5\(a./4E[!"##$$J$M$u$$$$$$%H%c%~%gdN~gdN~$a$gdN~$1$a$gdg1$`gdOEF{Z  2 = ! !p!!!!!!."`"m"""""""######$L$M$u$$$Ǹ{h" h" 56 h" 56hN~hN~5\hhN~5CJ\aJhhYhN~h hN~h hN~5\ h5\h/}5H*\ h B5\ h]n5\ h~^L5\ hwse5\ hrwh5\h/} h/}5\h/}5CJ\aJ0$$$$$$$$%%3%C%E%b%j%{%~%%%%%%%%%%%%%&&&&&&<&=&?&f&m&p&q&t&|&}&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&Ϫh_d5\h hbh hhh" hx?zh h))hN~hS"hN~56\]h" 5\h h" hhS"hN~56\]hh))hN~5\hhN~5\h h_dh hN~h<~%%%%&=&f&}&&&&&&& ')'<'`'|''''(!(P($a$gdN~$a$gd" gd_dgd_d1$gdN~gdN~gdN~gd" &&&' ' '''(')'-'.'/'<'='>'B'C'`'|''''''''''''''''''(((( (( (!(#(Ӥӏxh))hN~5\hhtThN~hh" h" h" h" h" 6CJaJhh" 6CJaJh hx?zhhS"h_d56\]hN~5\h hch h_dh hN~h hhhS"hN~56\]hhS"hN~56\]hN~hc-#('(((O(P(R(Z([(((((((((((((((())))ɻsnid_TniLDLn_d_hc5\hhN~5\hhh>LhN~5\h h_dh h_)h hN~h hchhS"hN~56\]h_dhN~hh_dhx?z5CJ\aJhhx?zhx?zCJ\aJhhx?zhx?z5CJ\aJh hx?z5hhx?zhx?z5CJaJhhx?z5CJaJhN~5CJaJh" h" 5CJaJhh_dhN~5\h_dhc5CJaJP((((( )&)L)M)$a$gdcgdN~gdN~$a$gdN~)")&)+),)-).)J)K)L)M)h5\hhh>LhN~5\hhN~5\h hch hN~hhc5\h ;0P:p/ =!"#$% Dp^ 666666666vvvvvvvvv666666>6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666hH6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666662 0@P`p2( 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p8XV~_HmH nH sH tH L`L Normal1$7$8$H$CJ_HaJmH sH tH H@H 0 Heading 1$$@&a$5CJ\aJVV 0 Heading 3$<@&5CJOJQJ\^JaJDA D 0Default Paragraph FontRiR 0 Table Normal4 l4a (k ( 0No List VV Heading 1 Char"5CJ KH OJPJQJ\^JaJ RR Heading 3 Char5CJOJPJQJ\^JaJ2>@2 Title$a$5\N!N  Title Char"5CJ KHOJPJQJ\^JaJ 4B@24 0 Body Text5\<A< 0Body Text CharCJaJ4R4 0 Default Text:Ua: 0 Hyperlink>*B*^JphJVqJ 0FollowedHyperlink>*B* ^Jph.W. 0Strong 5\^JPK![Content_Types].xmlj0Eжr(΢Iw},-j4 wP-t#bΙ{UTU^hd}㨫)*1P' ^W0)T9<l#$yi};~@(Hu* Dנz/0ǰ $ X3aZ,D0j~3߶b~i>3\`?/[G\!-Rk.sԻ..a濭?PK!֧6 _rels/.relsj0 }Q%v/C/}(h"O = C?hv=Ʌ%[xp{۵_Pѣ<1H0ORBdJE4b$q_6LR7`0̞O,En7Lib/SeеPK!kytheme/theme/themeManager.xml M @}w7c(EbˮCAǠҟ7՛K Y, e.|,H,lxɴIsQ}#Ր ֵ+!,^$j=GW)E+& 8PK!Ptheme/theme/theme1.xmlYOo6w toc'vuر-MniP@I}úama[إ4:lЯGRX^6؊>$ !)O^rC$y@/yH*񄴽)޵߻UDb`}"qۋJחX^)I`nEp)liV[]1M<OP6r=zgbIguSebORD۫qu gZo~ٺlAplxpT0+[}`jzAV2Fi@qv֬5\|ʜ̭NleXdsjcs7f W+Ն7`g ȘJj|h(KD- dXiJ؇(x$( :;˹! 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