PL 352 - Philosophy of Freedom

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Hegel famously claimed that freedom is both the most important concept, and the most widely misunderstood. This course explores the meaning of freedom in existential, spiritual, social, economic, and political contexts. A wide range of readings from authors such as Frederick Douglass, Kant, Hobbes, Sartre, Merton, Rand, Marx, Lakoff, Coates, and Hegel are studied.