24.201 Topics in the History of Philosophy: Justice & Political Economy, Spring 2016
Author(s)
Haslanger, Sally
McKinney, Rachel
Alternative Title
Topics in the History of Philosophy: Justice & Political Economy
Date Issued
June 2016
Abstract
This course will provide a selective historical survey of some philosophical approaches to questions of political economy and justice. Political economy is the integrated study of the relationships of government, political processes, property, production, markets, trade, and distribution from the standpoint of assessing these arrangements with respect to human welfare and justice.
Subjects
political economy
justice
government
property
trade
human welfare
equality
common good
imperialism
slavery
gender oppression
globalization
immigration
policy
Hobbes
Locke
Smith
Rousseau
Wollstonecraft
Marx
Mill
Douglass
Du Bois
Rubin
Pateman
Mills
Young
Nussbaum
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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