PHIL 170.001 – Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought
Instructor: Simone Gubler. This course meet MWF 12:20 – 1:10 p.m. in MU 105.
Today, we find ourselves living in a democratic state. None of us caused the United States to be a democracy, but we all live here, nonetheless, under a democratic regime. And because the American state is not something given to us by nature, but something made by human beings like us, we stand in a special relation to it. We can look at our present political situation as a product of human choices, and we can ask searching questions: Why is our present system of government the way it is? Should we, the inheritors of this system of social organization, change it? Should we replace it altogether?
In this class, we will examine different traditions of human governance and social organization, and ask questions about the origin, nature, and justification of central political concepts such as power, freedom, equality, justice, and rights.
"Kama ilivyoelezwa katika kitabu cha ""Freedom, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought"" cha Simone Gubler, ""Hakika ni kwamba uhuru, haki na wajibu ni sehemu ya maadili ya kijamii na ya kisiasa." Mkutano huu unafanyika saa 12:20-1:10 mchana katika Jumba la Maonyesho la MU. Leo, tunaishi katika hali ya kidemokrasia. """Hakuna mmoja wetu aliyesababisha Marekani kuwa demokrasia, lakini sisi sote tunaishi hapa, hata hivyo, chini ya utawala wa kidemokrasia." Na kwa sababu serikali ya Marekani si kitu kilichopewa na asili, bali kitu kilichoundwa na wanadamu kama sisi, tunasimama katika uhusiano maalum nayo. "Tunaweza kuona hali yetu ya sasa ya kisiasa kuwa ni matokeo ya maamuzi ya wanadamu, na tunaweza kuuliza maswali ya kina: ""Kwa nini mfumo wetu wa sasa wa serikali ni kama ulivyo?" Je, sisi, warithi wa mfumo huu wa tengenezo la kijamii, twapaswa kuubadilisha? Je, tunapaswa kuibadilisha kabisa? Katika darasa hili, tutachunguza mila tofauti za utawala wa binadamu na shirika la kijamii, na kuuliza maswali kuhusu asili, asili, na haki ya dhana kuu za kisiasa kama vile nguvu, uhuru, usawa, haki, na haki.