The History of Western Political Thought
COURSE CONTENT
LESSON ONE
Teleology and the Common Good in the Writings of Aristotle
LESSON TWO
St. Thomas Aquinas on Virtue, Law, and the Common Good
LESSON THREE
The Origins of Modern Political Thought: Niccolò Machiavelli and “The Prince”
LESSON FOUR
John Locke, Classical Liberalism, and the Origins of Social Contract Theory
LESSON FIVE
American Political Thought: Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
LESSON FIVE