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