Магистратура
2021/2022
Моральные основания политики
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Государственное и муниципальное управление)
Направление:
38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление
Кто читает:
Департамент политики и управления
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Онлайн-часы:
20
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Клищ Николай Николаевич
Прогр. обучения:
Государственное и муниципальное управление
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? This course explores the main answers that have been given to this question in the modern West. We start with a survey of the major political theories of the Enlightenment: Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition. In each case, we begin with a look at classical formulations, locating them in historical context, but then shift to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today. Next, we turn to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking, again exploring both classical and contemporary formulations. The last part of the course deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. In addition to exploring theoretical differences among the various authors discussed, considerable attention is devoted to the practical implications of their competing arguments. To this end, we discuss a variety of concrete problems, including debates about economic inequality, affirmative action and the distribution of health care, the limits of state power in the regulation of speech and religion, and difficulties raised by the emerging threat of global environmental decay.
Learning Objectives
- explore the main answers that have been given to the question "When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it?" in the modern West
Expected Learning Outcomes
- examine classical and neoclassical utilitarianism
- explore the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking, again exploring both classical and contemporary formulations
- explore what makes a government legitimate
- know the foundations of capitalism theory and its major weaknesses.
- know the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking
- learn about the structure of the course and what makes it distinctive
- study classical formulations of the Social Contract Tradition, locating them in historical context, and o the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today
- study classical formulations of the Social Contract Tradition, locating them in historical context, and the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today.
Course Contents
- Welcome to Moral Foundations of Politics
- Enlightenment Political Theory
- Utilitarianism: Classical and Neoclassical
- Marxism, Its Failures and Its Legacy
- The Social Contract Tradition I
- The Social Contract Tradition II
- Anti-Enlightenment Politics
- Democracy
Assessment Elements
- Online tests
- Final interviewStudents provide online course results. Grade for the course is set by the program supervisor after the students pass the final interview.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Hobbes, T. (2009). Leviathan : The Matter, Forme & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill. [Auckland, N.Z.]: The Floating Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=314027
- Karl Marx. (2011). Capital (Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy) : A Critique of Political Economy). [N.p.]: Digireads.com Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1536502
- On Liberty / Mill, J — New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. — 263 с. — ISBN 9780300130164. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3420105&query=mill+on+liberty (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.