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POLS275 Course Schedule

Posted by Steven Maloney on September 3 2009 Add Comments

Here is my course schedule for POLS275: Introduction to Political Thought

Introduction
Political theory is a set of questions we need to explore in order to understand what types of political decisions we ought to make. V. I. Lenin summed it best, when he said the most important political theory question is, “what is to be [...]

POLS 104 Schedule

Posted by Steven Maloney on September 2 2009 Add Comments

Here’s what I’m doing in my course American Politics from a Comparative Perspective.  Any questions or comments?

Introduction

The American government is one of many possible strategies for a good society. In this course, we will come to understand the basic design of the American political regime and develop an understanding for why things work the [...]

What is Enlightenment?

Posted by Steven Maloney on August 20 2009 Add Comments

I’m starting off my Intro to Political Thought course with Kant’s “An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?”  I think it should be fun to go after them a litle bit with the essay’s second paragraph:
Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a proportion of men, long after nature has released them [...]