Academic Catalog 2018-2019 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSC 231 - Theories of Peace and War

Course Units: 1
(Not Offered this Academic Year) Do aggression and violence arise from individuals or groups, from nations, global forces, or from entire civilizations?  Is warfare an eliminable pathology or just part of the human condition? Any answer to these questions ultimately involves ontological claims on how things are, key in shaping the ways in which we imagine and inhabit our world.  This course revisits arguments on peace, war, and violence central in the tradition of Western political thought.  By exploring works of classical, modern, and contemporary political thinkers, contextualized in reference to key cases, we will identify and critically assess contentious explanations and philosophical justifications.



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