Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, Freedom
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, Freedom

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Alexander  Guerrero

Instructor: Alexander Guerrero

4.7

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18 hours to complete
3 weeks at 6 hours a week
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5 quizzes

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There are 5 modules in this course

An introduction to Part I of the course and to some of the fundamental problems in legal and political philosophy.

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4 videos4 readings1 quiz

Why should we have a State? This unit examines answers that focus on the role for legal and political institutions in promoting happiness, peace, stability, and human flourishing.

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12 videos7 readings1 quiz1 peer review

Why should we have a State? This unit examines answers that focus on the State’s role in bringing about justice, introducing and analyzing four different views of justice.

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9 videos3 readings1 quiz1 peer review

Why should we have a State? This unit examines answers that focus on the importance of equality. It introduces and analyzes views of equality as a constraint, and views of equality as a societal or political objective.

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5 videos3 readings1 quiz

Why should we have a State? This unit examines answers that focus on the importance of freedom, including discussion of the way in which the State can be a threat to freedom, and the way in which the State can promote or protect our freedom.

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10 videos3 readings1 quiz1 peer review

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4.8 (98 ratings)
Alexander  Guerrero
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
4 Courses59,517 learners

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