Learning Outcomes:
On the completion of this module, you will be able to
• read and critically engage with historical and more modern normative political theory texts
• summarize and explain central positions in the history of political thought
• analyse and evaluate different arguments about balancing the authority of the state with individual liberty
• develop and defend your own normative political theory arguments in the form of a clearly structured normative political theory essay
Indicative Module Content:
Legitimacy
Social Contract Theory
Liberalism
Republicanism
Feminism