Foundations of

Politics

Ian Shapiro - Yale University

1. Information and Housekeeping

2. Introductory Lecture

3. Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition

4. Origins of Classical Utilitarianism

5. Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice

6. From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism

7. The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility

8. Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis

9. The Marxian Challenge

10. Marx's Theory of Capitalism

11. Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice

12. The Marxian Failure and Legacy

13. Appropriating Locke Today

14. Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State

15. Compensation versus Redistribution

16. The Rawlsian Social Contract

17. Distributive Justice and the Welfare State

18. The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy

19. The Burkean Outlook

20.  Contemporary Communitarianism I

21. Contemporary Communitarianism II

22. Democracy and Majority Rule I

23. Democracy and Majority Rule II

24. Democratic Justice: Theory

25. Democratic Justice: Applications