His office hours are: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11-11:50AM, 1-2PM 
                            Tuesday, Thursday  11AM-12:20PM
                	    Other times by appointment
      His home telephone number is:  489-8115

Class Schedule

 1. September 3     Introduction:  Liberty, Equality, and Order
 2. September 5     Seventeenth Century Origins of American Political Thought
 3. September 10    The United States in 1776 and 1787
 4. September 12    The Constitutional Convention
 5. September 17    The Federalist Papers:  Federalism and Representative
                               Democracy
 6. September 19    The Federalist Papers:  Separation of Powers
 7. September 24    The Federalist Papers:  Congress, Presidency, and
                               Supreme Court
 8. September 26    The Achievement of the Framers
 9. October 1       Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill
10. October 3       Mill:  Freedom of Opinion 
11. October 8       Mill:  Freedom of Conduct (FIRST READING SUMMARY DUE)
12. October 10      Democracy and Equality  
13. October 15      Is Equal Opportunity Attainable or Desirable? 
14. October 17      MID-TERM TEST       
15. October 24      Equal Opportunity as a Reality
16. October 29      The Case for Equal Results:  John Rawls
17. October 31      Rousseau:  The Origins of Inequality
18. November 5      Rousseau:  Social Contract and General Will
19. November 7      Rousseau's Utopia
20. November 12     Emile: The education of Rousseau's citizen
21. November 14     The Origins of Marxism: St. Simon and Fourier
22. November 19     The Origins of Marxism:  Hegel
23. November 21     Marx:  The Historical Process, I
24. November 26     Marx:  The Historical Process, II
25. December 3      Marx:  Capitalism, I
26. December 5	    Marx: Capitalism, II
27. December 10     Marx:  The Revolution and Communism (SECOND READING
			   SUMMARY DUE) 
28. December 12     A Critique of Marx 


Work to be Done in the Class
1.      Two Reading Summaries:  each counts one-fifth of the final grade; each is
        to be at least 1500 words long and state in the student's own words
        (don't just string together a series of direct quotations) what the
        writings summarized have to say, point by point; each summary is to be
        written clearly and grammatically; one point will be taken off a summary
        grade for each spelling, grammatical, or stylistic error.
        The first summary, due October 8, is to be of either the numbers of The
        Federalist Papers assigned in this course (1, 6, 10, 15-17, 37, 39, 46-49,
        51, 55, 58, 63, 70-72, 78, 84, 85), or of On Liberty (pages 41-131 only).
        The second summary, due December 10, is to be of either The Social Contract
        and the Discourse on the Origins of Inequality (pages 3-57 and 84-173), 
        or of The Communist Manifesto (pages 54-86).  

2.      Mid-Term Test:  counts one-fifth of the final grade and will be given
        October 17; it will cover the lectures from September 3 through October 15,
        and the first two reading assignments.

3.      Final Exam:  counts two-fifths of the final grade; it will cover all the
        lectures from September 3 through December 12 and the last two reading
        assignments.


4.      Reading Assignments:
        (1)James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers  
            (ed. Isaac Kramnick), 
         (a) by September 10 read "Editor's Introduction (pages 11-82), "Constitution
            of the United States of America" (pages 489-506).
	 (b) by September 12 read Federalist #1, #6, and #15.
	 (c) by September 17 read Federalist #10, #16, #17, #39, and #46.
	 (d) by September 19 read Federalist #47, #48, #49, and #51.
	 (e) by September 24 read Federalist #55, #58, #63, #70, #71, #72, and
	     #78.
	 (f) by September 26 read Federalist #37, #84, and #85.

     (2)John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (Norton Critical Edition), pages 41-131,
        243-253, 279-294; read by October 15.

     (3)Rousseau's Political Writings, pages 3-57, 84-173, 244-260; read by
        November 12.

     (4)Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, pages 1-39, 54-86; read by
         December 12.
   
Attendance Policy:  Students may cut no more than one-fourth (seven) of the
meetings of this class; attendance will be taken each time the class meets.