Political Philosophy





I.
Central Questions                                                                  




II.
The Legitimacy of Government





A.
Plato                                                                                                      





B.
Thomas Hobbes





C.
John Locke





D.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau






1.
Rousseau's Views                                                


2.
Problems





E.
John Stuart Mill






1.
Mill's View


2.
Problems





F.
Conclusion








III.
Theories of Justice





A.
Communism






1.
Marx's Materialism


2.
Marx's View of Society


3.
Criticisims of Marx's View





B.
The Minimal State






1.
Nozick's View


2.
Criticisms





C.
Liberalism






1.
Rawl's View


2.
Objections





D.
Conclusion