About
This course explores main answers to the question, "When do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political theories of the Enlightenment—Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition—through classical formulations, historical context, and contemporary debates relating to politics today. It then turns to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking. Lastly, it deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. Practical implications of these arguments are covered through discussion of a variety of concrete problems.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/political-science/moral-foundations-of-politics/]]
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Videos

Lecture 22 - Democracy and Majority Rule (I)
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 19 - The Burkean Outlook
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 17 - Distributive Justice and the Welfare State
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 18 - The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 8 - Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 7 - The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 25 - Democratic Justice: Applications
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 4 - Origins of Classical Utilitarianism
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 12 - The Marxian Failure and Legacy
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 16 - The Rawlsian Social Contract
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 21 - Contemporary Communitarianism (II)
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 23 - Democracy and Majority Rule (II)
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 24 - Democratic Justice: Theory
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 20 - Contemporary Communitarianism (I)
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 10 - Marx's Theory of Capitalism
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 5 - Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 13 - Appropriating Locke Today
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 15 - Compensation versus Redistribution
Aug 19, 2014
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1380 views

Lecture 11 - Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 9 - The Marxian Challenge
Aug 19, 2014
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1467 views

Lecture 3 - Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition
Aug 19, 2014
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1933 views

Lecture 2 - Introductory Lecture
Aug 19, 2014
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1764 views

Lecture 14 - Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State
Aug 19, 2014
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Lecture 6 - From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism
Aug 19, 2014
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1339 views

Lecture 1 - Information and Housekeeping
Aug 19, 2014
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2279 views