Department of Politics and International Relations

Hilary Term 2003

Political Theory Core Lectures

Examination Schools

Tuesdays 12 noon

Weeks 1-4 Elizabeth Frazer, New College

Week 1 Freedom and Equality I

Is there a trade off between freedom and equality?

Week 2 Freedom and Equality II

Freedom, Equality and Politics

Week 3 Authority and Obligation I

Authority, Freedom and Equality

Week 4 Authority and Obligation II

Obligation and Political Obligation

Weeks 5-8 Adam Swift, Balliol College

Week 5 Social Justice I

Justice, rights and duties

Week 6 Social Justice II

Fairness, entitlement and desert

Week 7 Rights I

Rights: negative and positive

Week 8 Rights II

Rights, interests and agency