A comparative study of the constitutional principles, governmental institutions, and political problems of selected governments. This course is designed to introduce students to the central themes of comparative politics. This includes discussions of methodology, the nature of the state, political culture, democracy and political and economic development.
Introduction to United States and California government and politics, including constitutions, political institutions and processes, and political actors. Examination of political behavior, political ideas, and public policy.
Introduction to United States and California government and politics, including constitutions, political institutions and processes, and political actors. Examination of political behavior, political ideas, and public policy.
Introduction to United States and California government and politics, including constitutions, political institutions and processes, and political actors. Examination of political behavior, political ideas, and public policy.
Introduction to United States and California government and politics, including constitutions, political institutions and processes, and political actors. Examination of political behavior, political ideas, and public policy.
Introduction to United States and California government and politics, including constitutions, political institutions and processes, and political actors. Examination of political behavior, political ideas, and public policy.
An examination of such questions as: Are there conditions under which value judgments can be rationally defended? If there are such grounds, what are they? If not, what consequences, if any, follow from ethical skepticism? Can value judgments about individuals or societies be justified on rationally acceptable grounds? Application of theories to moral problems.
An examination of such questions as: Are there conditions under which value judgments can be rationally defended? If there are such grounds, what are they? If not, what consequences, if any, follow from ethical skepticism? Can value judgments about individuals or societies be justified on rationally acceptable grounds? Application of theories to moral problems.
The tools and techniques of philosophical reasoning: reading argumentative prose; analyzing conceptual models; writing critical essays. Problems of knowledge: the criteria of reliable knowledge; the formulation and justification of beliefs the sources and limits of knowledge; beliefs about the physical world, the past and future, and other minds. Critical standards applied to related metaphysical issues: theism, mind and self-identity, determinism.
A course in practical reasoning. How to distinguish between reasons that are rational and those that are not. Methods of evaluating arguments that will lead to truth.