UT Dallas 2014 Undergraduate Catalog

PSCI4352 - Modern Individualism

PSCI 4352 Modern Individualism (3 semester credit hours) An investigation of the development and criticism of the modern concept of the individual in political philosophy. Among the issues to be considered are the relationship between the mind and the body in the individual, the nature of reason, passions, and instincts, the origins of morality and justice, the nature of political obligation, and the relationship between the individual and society. Prerequisite: Instructor consent required. (3-0) T