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A Course Title PHI 304: Themes in Western Thought

& Number

B Pre/Co-requisite(s) PHI 303

C Number of credits 3-0-3
D Faculty Name Prof. David Lea
E Term/ Year Fall 2016

F Sections
CRN Course Days Time Location
20333 The MW 11:00-12:15 PM PHY 115
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Location subject to change

G Instructor
Information Instructor Office Telephone Email
Prof. Lea PHY237 2519 dlea@aus.edu
Office Hours:
Sun. 3:00 5:00
Tues. 3:00- 5:00
Or by appointment

Office Hours will be posted on the office door as well as on iLearn.

H Course This course concentrates on advanced issues in Social political philosophy with
Description from special emphasis on ownership rights.
Catalog
I Course Learning Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
Outcomes

1)To understand the relationship between social political organization and

ownership rights;
2)To understand the ethical issues associated with intellectual property;
3) To understand moral issues associated with the security and territorial
integrity of the state and its people.

J Textbook and Primary Text; Course package of selected reading available on ilearn.
other Instructional
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Material and
Resources
K Teaching and The teaching methodology utilized will consist of lectures, class discussion,
Learning video presentations and student presentations including feedback from
Methodologies examinations in combinations that enhance each specific learning modality.
The student will subsequently come to utilize a leaning methodology that
deconstructs the visual, auditory and literary data relevant to philosophical
discourse, in the achievement of a syncretic appreciation of the ideological
shifts that have swept and percolated through the seismic cultural upheavals
from the Ancients to the postmodern twentieth century.

L Grading Scale, Grading Scale

Grading
Distribution, and 94 100 4.0 A 77 79 2.3 C+
Due Dates 90 93 3.7 A- 73 76 2.0 C
87 89 3.3 B+ 70 72 1.7 C-
83 86 3.0 B 60 69 1.0 D
80 82 2.7 B- Less Than 60 0 F

Grading Distribution

Assessment Weight Due Date

Attendance and participation 10%.
Two quizzes 5% two weeks before and
each after the midterm

An essay 15% Last day of class

A mid term exam 25% Nov. 16
final exam 40%. tba
Total 100%

M Explanation of
Quizzes: 2 mandatory;
Assessments
Paper: A writing assignment will focus on formulating a thesis, structuring an argument, and
using textual evidence effectively to develop an argument); one 5-6 page
Midterm Examination: The midterm exam will comprise short essay questions;
A final exam: The final examination will be comprehensive
Attendance and participation: Preparation for, attendance at, and participation in lectures are
all required and will count toward the students final grade

N Student Academic Students will be required to abide by the CAS Academic Dishonesty policy, as
Integrity Code available from relevant sources. In accordance with the spirit of the CAS
Statement Academic Dishonesty policy students are expected to do their own academic
] work, including (a) taking their own notes; (b) doing their own work on
examinations; and (c) writing their own essays. Cheating and plagiarism are
subject to severe penalties.
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Classroom SCHEDULE
Note: Tests and other graded assignments due dates are set. No addendum, make-up exams, or extra assignments to improve grades
will be given.

CHAPTER NOTE
WEEK

Hobbes and Locke on Natural Rights pp. 30-44

(Avai
on Ile

Week 2 Locke on the Private Property pp. 45-50

(Avai
on Ile

Week 3 Marx and Ownership of the Means of Production pp.50-58

(Avai
on Ile

Week 4 Rawls and Distributive Justice pp. 62-65

opy center materials

(Avai
on Ile

Week 5, Nozicks theory of Entitlement pp. 65-69 (available o

Ilearn. Chap
2
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Week 6 Intellectual Property Rights pp. 167-195

(Avai
on Ile
Week 7 Intellectual Property Rights and software. pp. 201-240
(Avai
on Ile
Week 8

ntellectual Property Rights: pharmaceuticals and Agriculture pp. 261-275

(availa
on ilea

Week 9 Carl Schmitt on Territorial Integrity (Avai

on Ile
Week 10 Michel Foucault on State Sovereignty and security issues
(availa
ilearn)

Week 11 IR realism and the Copenhagen School of Security Studies

(Avai
on Ile

Week 12 Critical Security Theory (Available

Ilearn)

Week 13-14 Georgio Agamben and overcoming Sovereignty

(Avai
on Ile

Week 13-14 Agamben and the Future Community

(Avai
on Ile

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Final Exam