Contemporary Political Philosophy
PHM 4340-002; Time – 2.00-3.15pm Monday & Wednesday
Instructor - Sudarsan Padmanabhan [Sudha]
Office – FAO 212 [Dept of Philosophy]
Phone: 974-5946
Email – padmanab@helios.acomp.usf.edu
Office hours – Tuesday & Thursday – 11.00 am – 12.00 pm
Christopher Wolfe and John Hittinger, Ed., Liberalism at the Crossroads, London: Rowman & Littlefield publishers, 1994.
Stephen Turner, Liberal Democracy 3.0, London: Sage publications, 2003.
Day of class Reading Assignment
August 25 General Introduction
August 27 John Rawls
Sept 1 Labor Day Holiday
Sept 3 Robert Nozick
Sept 8 Alasdair Macintyre
Sept 10 Joseph Raz
Sept 15 William Galston
Sept 17 Richard Rorty
Sept 22 Liberal Democracy Chapter 1
Sept 24 Chap 2 [pp. 18-32]
Sept 29 pp. 33-45
Oct 1 Chap 3 [pp. 46-60]
Oct 3 pp. 61-70
Oct 8 Chap 4 [pp. 71-85]
Oct 10 pp. 85 – 96
Oct 15 Chap 5 [pp. 97 – 108]
Oct 17 pp. 108 – 117
Oct 22 pp. 117 – 127
Oct 24 Chap 6 [pp. 129 – 143]
Oct 29 Electronic reserves TBA
Oct 31 TBA
Nov 2 Gandhi
Nov 7 TBA
Nov 9 TBA
Nov 14 TBA
Nov 16 TBA
Nov 21 Presentations
Nov 23 Presentations
Nov 28 Presentations
Nov 30 Presentations
Dec 2 Presentations
Attendance – 20%
Final Paper - 50% [8 – 10 pages with notes and references]
Presentation – 10%
Quiz - 20%
The presentation will be on the topic of final paper. You can choose the topic relevant to the subject matter discussed in class. There will be a quiz per month. The quiz is open book in-class quiz.