Citizenship, Freedom, and the Good Life

Citizenship, Freedom and the Good Life is a Social Science course taught by Falguni A. Sheth.

This course satisfies Division I requirements.

Course Description
We question, attempt to define and discuss different notions, and generally reflect upon what it means to lead a good life. Also, since the judicial system becomes the definitive forum in which such moral and political issues are hashed out in the U.S., we will read and reflect on several state and federal Supreme Court opinions on free speech, affirmative action, and economic justice. Readings might include works by the following authors: Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, John Locke, J.S. Mill, Barbara Ehrenreich, Robert Nozick, Marx, Judith Butler, Charles Lawrence, and others

Learning Goals

 * Reading
 * Writing