Moral and Political Philosophy

Syllabus

Thinking in archaic Greece, lawgivers, lyrics, first philosophers; sofists about society

Socrates citizenship, Platos model of ideal polis and Aristoteles analysis of polis

Helenism; christianity and society, Augustin Aurelius, Thomas Aquinas

Humanism; Niccolo Machiaveli and birth of political science

Theory of social contract; Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau

Division of Power (Montesqueieu) and philosophy of enlightenement

Political philosophy of Immanuel Kanta

Conception of history and staty according to George W.F. Hegel

Utilitarism of John S. Milla

Analysis of capitalism of Karl Marx

Annotation

Content of the course is introduction to the moral-politic thinking in the history of european thinking from antics to 19th century. The course provides students with basic overlook of important topics of politicas and moral philosophy with emphasis on the western thought tradition.

At the same tame, it develops their ability to understand classical texts of moral and political philosophy.