University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

PHIL-4200 (3) Contemporary Political Philosophy

Provides a survey of recent approaches to political philosophy: liberalism (Rawls, Dworkin); libertarianism (Nozick); communitarianism (Sandel, Macintyre); and feminism (Jaggar). Topics and readings vary with the instructor. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereqs., PHIL 2200, 3200, and 12 hours of philosophy course work. Same as PHIL 5200. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).