Semester	Spring Semester, 2025
Department	Junior Class of Department of Political Science Senior Class of Department of Political Science
Course Name	Liberalism and its Limits
Instructor	CHOU CHIA-YU
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Week	Topic	Content and Reading Assignment
Week	Topic	Content and Reading Assignment
1		Introduction
2	Conceptions of Liberty	Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 17-27.
3	Locke against Patriarchal Absolutism	Locke, 1988 Second Treatises of Government, ch. VI Of Paternal Power, 303-318.
4	Natural rights and limited government	Second Treatises of Government, ch. 2-4, 269-285.
5	Political Society	Locke, 1988. Second Treatises of Government, ch. 7, 318-330.
6	Property rights	Second Treatises of Government, ch.5, 285-302.
7	On Prerogative	Second Treatises of Government, ch. 13-14, 366-380.
8		TBA
9		The Midterm exam
10	Locke on Tyranny	Second Treatises of Government, ch. 18, 398-405.
11	Locke and Toleration	John Locke, 2010. Locke on Toleration, 3-17.
12		Locke, 2010. Locke on Toleration, 17-37.
13		Locke, 2010. Locke on Toleration, 37-46.
14	Locke and Colonialism	David Armitage 2004 “John Locke, Carolina and the Two Treatises of Government”, Political Theory, 602-27.
15	Locke and Feminism	Jeremy Waldron, 2007 "Locke, Adam, and Eve." Feminist Interpretations of John Locke John Locke, 241-268.
16		Final exam

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

Grading is based on participation in class and presentations (30%), midterm (30%) and final exam (40%)

Textbook & Reference

Locke, John. 1988. Two Treatises of Government. Edited by Peter Laslett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Locke, John. 2010. Locke on Toleration. edited by Richard Vernon, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Philip Pettit, Republicanism. Oxford University Press.

Urls about Course

Attachment

Syllabus_113_2_.pdf