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About the Course

What is the purpose of government? Why should we have a State? What kind of State should we have? Even within a political community, there may be sharp disagreements about the role and purpose of government. Some want an active, involved government, seeing legal and political institutions as the means to solve our most pressing problems, and to help bring about peace, equality, justice, happiness, and to protect individual liberty. Others want a more minimal government, motivated, perhaps, by some of the disastrous political experiments of the 20th Century, and the thought that political power is often just a step away from tyranny. In many cases, these disagreements arise out of deep philosophical disagreements. All political and legal institutions are built on foundational ideas. In this course, we will explore those ideas, taking the political institutions and political systems around us not as fixed and unquestionable, but as things to evaluate and, if necessary, to change. We will consider the ideas and arguments of some of the world’s most celebrated philosophers, including historical thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, and John Stuart Mill; and more contemporary theorists such as Elizabeth Anderson, Isaiah Berlin, Thomas Christiano, Frantz Fanon, Amy Gutmann, Friedrich Hayek, Robert Nozick, Martha Nussbaum, Julius Nyerere, Ayn Rand, John Rawls, Peter Singer, and Kok-Chor Tan. The aim of the course is not to convince you of the correctness of any particular view or political position, but to provide you with a deeper and more philosophically-informed basis for your own views, and, perhaps, to help you better understand the views of those with whom you disagree....

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AR

Dec 26, 2020

I have completed the course. How do I get a certificate?

CP

Oct 6, 2021

This course actually helped me understand the vast ideologies of various political thinkers in a brief way. Thanks to the creator who made learning fun and easy.

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By Cristine J D

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Dec 8, 2020

Very understandable lessons, interesting, and fun course

By Taelo M

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Dec 2, 2025

One of the best courses I've ever indulged in this year

By Valeria P

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Mar 23, 2021

I loved it! The professor was great and I learned a lot

By Errol G

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Sep 10, 2023

Clear, fascinating and topical. Brilliantly done!

By LORENA M S

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Feb 25, 2023

Es una gran herramienta para conocer el derecho .

By Phiwayinkosi P

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Sep 15, 2025

good tectnic for student to learn before answer.

By Айдарбекова Г С

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Jan 16, 2026

Отличный курс,информация доступная и актуальная

By Steve R

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Dec 6, 2020

Very well done. I'll be doing Part 2 for sure.

By LAZARO M D

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Feb 8, 2023

muy buen curso, exposiciones bien explicadas

By Anusha S

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Jun 24, 2020

The lectures were concise and useful!

By Prabir S

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Sep 14, 2025

I want to download the certificate

By Parviz U

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Dec 17, 2020

Thank you very much for attention!

By ANTONY D F D

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Feb 18, 2023

muy buena expicaciòn de los temas

By Worrinphi R s

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Sep 19, 2020

This is a good platform to learn

By MARIA E S S

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Feb 14, 2023

Muy bonito curso, felicidades.

By JULIO C C O

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Feb 19, 2023

Excelente curso. Muy completo

By Arslan H S

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Sep 29, 2023

How do i get my certificate?

By Siddharth M

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Nov 28, 2024

It was a interesting course

By BEATRIZ A V M

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Feb 20, 2023

MUY DIVERTIDO E INTERESANTE

By Ni N

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Aug 13, 2020

inspring and comprehensive.

By Dorothée C

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Apr 25, 2024

Clair, précis, pédagogique

By IRMA A P

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Feb 19, 2023

Contenido muy inetresante

By IJEOMA C

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Aug 2, 2020

it was very educational

By Saad F

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Aug 5, 2025

its a great experience

By Nancy K

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Jun 20, 2023

Interesting course