Political philosophy
Description
Who should lead the world's only superpower? When is it acceptable to topple another country's leader? Are personal freedom and national security mutually incompatible? The answers to urgent political questions such as these are informed by 23 centuries of discourse that started with The Republic. This program focuses successively on the pivotal ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, Mill, John Rawls, and Robert Nozick to elucidate the thinking that underpins the West's conceptions of good and bad government. Commentary by Ronald Dworkin, of New York University, and Kwame Anthony Appiah, of Princeton University, is featured.
Runtime
46 min
Series
Subjects
- Political science (297)
- Philosophical theology (20)
- Philosophy (274)
- Religions (331)
- Political sociology (90)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c2004
Database
Films on Demand
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