10am section (A)

Friday September 2

Isiah & Marissa

Tyler S. & Sannoma

What is Hobbes’s conception of human nature? What do you think?
Why does Hobbes think there is a war of all against all in the state of nature? What do you think?
How does Locke conceive of the state of nature? What do you think?
What is Hobbes’ argument for the state? What do you think?

Friday September 9

What is Locke’s argument for the state? What do you think? (Chelsea & Gabriella)
What is Locke’s argument for the idea that the state may exercise power over someone only if they have consented to it? What do you think? (Aaron & Jacob)

Friday September 16

What is Hobbes’s argument that the sovereign must be undivided and unlimited? What do you think? (Diego & Thomas B.)
Why does Locke think that there are fundamental limits on what the state is permitted to do? What do you think? (Arianna & Mira)

Friday September 23

What does Ignatieff mean by the “lesser evil” approach to responding to terrorism and what is his argument for it? What do you think? (Marisa & Jade R.)
What are the principles Ignatieff uses to evaluate anti-terror policy? And how does he defend them? What do you think? (Nolan & Hannah)

Friday September 30

What is Dworkin’s principle of shared humanity and how does he think the Bush administration approach violates it? What do you think? (Jordyn & David)
What are the two models for dealing with terrorism that Dworkin rejects? What is the model he accepts? What do you think? (Titan & Cameron)

Friday October 7

Why does Locke think there is a natural right to property? What do you think? (Colin & Sophie)
How does one acquire a right to property for Locke? What do you think? (Zoie & Jenna)

Friday October 14

Why does Hume think that property is an artificial right? What do you think? (Jade T. & Larissa & Mario)
Why does Smith say that the division of labor is the result of the propensity to exchange things? What do you think? (Jack & Bradley & 석희)

Friday October 21

What does Smith mean by the “natural price” of a thing? How is it different from the market price? What do you think?
What does Smith mean when he says that labor is the basis of exchange value? What do you think?
How does Marx think that capitalists make a profit? What do you think?

Friday October 28

How does Marx think that workers are estranged from themselves in capitalism? What do you think?
What does Marx mean by saying that workers are estranged from their species being in capitalism? What do you think?

Friday Nov 4

Why does Rawls think that the principles of justice are what people in the original position would choose as basic principles for regulating society? What do you think?
What is the argument for the two principles of justice from the original position? What do you think?

Friday November 18

What is Nozick’s criticism of end state principles of justice? What do you think?
What is Nozick’s basic conception of justice and how does it differ from Rawls’s? What do you think?
What is Rawls’s criticism of libertarianism? What do you think?

Friday December 2

What is Singer’s argument that people in wealthy countries have duties to help the poor in poor countries? What do you think?
What is Hardin’s argument against the idea that there is a duty to help the poor? What do you think?
What is Pogge’s argument for the idea that we should help the world’s poor? What do you think?
What is Risse’s argument that we are not permitted merely to stop people from entering our country? What do you think?

11am section (B)

Friday September 2

Spencer & Cyrus

Savannah

What is Hobbes’s conception of human nature? What do you think?
Why does Hobbes think there is a war of all against all in the state of nature? What do you think?
How does Locke conceive of the state of nature? What do you think?
What is Hobbes’ argument for the state? What do you think?

Friday September 9

What is Locke’s argument for the state? What do you think? (Maya & Alexa)
What is Locke’s argument for the idea that the state may exercise power over someone only if they have consented to it? What do you think? (Zach & Jacob)

Friday September 16

What is Hobbes’s argument that the sovereign must be undivided and unlimited? What do you think? (Bria)
Why does Locke think that there are fundamental limits on what the state is permitted to do? What do you think? (Emma & Reina)

Friday September 23

What does Ignatieff mean by the “lesser evil” approach to responding to terrorism and what is his argument for it? What do you think? (Michaela & Mitch)
What are the principles Ignatieff uses to evaluate anti-terror policy? And how does he defend them? What do you think? (Nadia & Kylie)

Friday September 30

What is Dworkin’s principle of shared humanity and how does he think the Bush administration approach violates it? What do you think? (Paulina & Jake)
What are the two models for dealing with terrorism that Dworkin rejects? What is the model he accepts? What do you think? (Josh R. & Tony)

Friday October 7

Why does Locke think there is a natural right to property? What do you think? (Calvin & Josh T.)
How does one acquire a right to property for Locke? What do you think? (Tyler & Adam)

Friday October 14

Why does Hume think that property is an artificial right? What do you think? (Samara & Carly)
Why does Smith say that the division of labor is the result of the propensity to exchange things? What do you think? (Aashi & Riley)

Friday October 21

What does Smith mean by the “natural price” of a thing? How is it different from the market price? What do you think?
What does Smith mean when he says that labor is the basis of exchange value? What do you think?
How does Marx think that capitalists make a profit? What do you think?

Friday October 28

How does Marx think that workers are estranged from themselves in capitalism? What do you think?
What does Marx mean by saying that workers are estranged from their species being in capitalism? What do you think?

Friday Nov 4

Why does Rawls think that the principles of justice are what people in the original position would choose as basic principles for regulating society? What do you think?
What is the argument for the two principles of justice from the original position? What do you think?

Friday November 18

What is Nozick’s criticism of end state principles of justice? What do you think?
What is Nozick’s basic conception of justice and how does it differ from Rawls’s? What do you think?
What is Rawls’s criticism of libertarianism? What do you think?

Friday December 2

What is Singer’s argument that people in wealthy countries have duties to help the poor in poor countries? What do you think?
What is Hardin’s argument against the idea that there is a duty to help the poor? What do you think?
What is Pogge’s argument for the idea that we should help the world’s poor? What do you think?
What is Risse’s argument that we are not permitted merely to stop people from entering our country? What do you think?

12pm section (C)

Friday September 2

What is Hobbes’s conception of human nature? What do you think? (Cooper & Scott)
Why does Hobbes think there is a war of all against all in the state of nature? What do you think? (Geo & Mikkohl)
How does Locke conceive of the state of nature? What do you think?

Friday September 9

What is Locke’s argument for the state? What do you think? (Michael T. & Dylan & Amanda)
What is Locke’s argument for the idea that the state may exercise power over someone only if they have consented to it? What do you think? (Dillon & Taylor)

Friday September 16

What is Hobbes’s argument that the sovereign must be undivided and unlimited? What do you think?
Why does Locke think that there are fundamental limits on what the state is permitted to do? What do you think? (Aeriana & Avery)
What is Hobbes’ argument for the state? What do you think? (Mason & Alex)

Friday September 23

What does Ignatieff mean by the “lesser evil” approach to responding to terrorism and what is his argument for it? What do you think? (Christa & Melina)
What are the principles Ignatieff uses to evaluate anti-terror policy? And how does he defend them? What do you think? (Jackie & Lance)

Friday September 30

What is Dworkin’s principle of shared humanity and how does he think the Bush administration approach violates it? What do you think? (Alexis & Brandon & Ryan Y.)
What are the two models for dealing with terrorism that Dworkin rejects? What is the model he accepts? What do you think? (Matt & Shao Hong)

Friday October 7

Why does Locke think there is a natural right to property? What do you think? (Ryan A. & Erika)
How does one acquire a right to property for Locke? What do you think? (Kenan & Maryam)

Friday October 14

Why does Hume think that property is an artificial right? What do you think? (Anthony, Joseph & Kiana)
Why does Smith say that the division of labor is the result of the propensity to exchange things? What do you think? (Alyssa & Megan)

Friday October 21

What does Smith mean by the “natural price” of a thing? How is it different from the market price? What do you think?
What does Smith mean when he says that labor is the basis of exchange value? What do you think?
How does Marx think that capitalists make a profit? What do you think?

Friday October 28

How does Marx think that workers are estranged from themselves in capitalism? What do you think?
What does Marx mean by saying that workers are estranged from their species being in capitalism? What do you think?

Friday Nov 4

Why does Rawls think that the principles of justice are what people in the original position would choose as basic principles for regulating society? What do you think?
What is the argument for the two principles of justice from the original position? What do you think?

Friday November 18

What is Nozick’s criticism of end state principles of justice? What do you think?
What is Nozick’s basic conception of justice and how does it differ from Rawls’s? What do you think?
What is Rawls’s criticism of libertarianism? What do you think?

Friday December 2

What is Singer’s argument that people in wealthy countries have duties to help the poor in poor countries? What do you think?
What is Hardin’s argument against the idea that there is a duty to help the poor? What do you think?
What is Pogge’s argument for the idea that we should help the world’s poor? What do you think?
What is Risse’s argument that we are not permitted merely to stop people from entering our country? What do you think?