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1、4Philosophy267Fall,2010ProfessorRichardArnesonIntroductoryHandoutClassmeetsTuesdays1-4intheDepartmentseminarroom.Myemail:rarneson@ucsd.eduThiscourseconsiderssomephilosophicalargumentsconcerningthejustificationoftheclaimthatundermodernconditions,thepoliticalorderofasocietyought
2、tobedemocratic.Nextquestion:howdemocraticoughtthepoliticalordertobe,andwhatdeterminesthenormativelyappropriatedegreeofdemocracyinparticularcircumstances.FollowingDavidEstlund,letussayastateislegitimateifitissuescommands(laws,publicpolicies)andenforcesthemanddoessopermissibly,a
3、ndastatehasauthorityifithasthemoralpowertoissuecommands(laws,publicpolicies)toitssubjectsandtherebytobringitaboutthatthosecommandedhavesomemoralobligationtocomply.Undermodernconditions,mustastatebedemocraticinordertorulelegitimatelyandwithauthority?Texts:JoshuaCohen,Rousseau:A
4、FreeCommunityofEquals;DavidEstlund,DemocraticAuthority:APhilosophicalFramework.J.S.Mill’sConsiderationsonRepresentativeGovernmentisavailableonlineatwww.utilitarianism.net/jsmill/JasonBrennan’sforthcomingbooktheEthicsofVotingwillbemadeavailablebyemailattachment.Someotherreading
5、swillbemadeavailablebyemailattachmentorinprintedcopiestobeplacedinthePhilosophyDepartmentLibraryorboth.Notethatthereadingforweeks1and2includesRousseau’sTheSocialContract,whichisneitherabookplacedontheshelvesofthebookstoreforthisclassnorspeciallymadeavailableintheDepartmentLibr
6、ary.I’mjustassumingeachofyoucanfindacopyofthistext;anyeditionwilldo.Courserequirements:Attendanceandparticipationatallseminarmeetings,someseminarpresentations(analyzingakeyargumentorclaiminareadingandleadingitsdiscussion),andatermpaper(about15-20pagesinlength)onsometopiccentra
7、ltocoursethemes.Regularauditorsoftheclassarewelcome,andwillbeaskedtocontributeseminarpresentations.Week1.September28.DemocracyasRousseau’ssolutiontotheproblemofinequalityandinflamedself-esteem.Reading:JoshuaCohen,Rousseau,AFreeCommunityofEquals,chaps.1-2;J-JRousseau,TheSocialC
8、ontract,Books1and2.Furtherbackground:J-JRousseau,Discourseont
