PSCI 342
Intolerance and Justice Fall 2014
Division II
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Intolerance and justice are linked in that each defines what can and should be done to others, and what we expect in return. One of the goals of the Enlightenment was to find a solution to the problem of intolerance and the violence that was and is its frequent companion. One core expectation was that progress would result from expanding knowledge. Progress would enable reason to replace dogmatism and faith (especially fighting faiths), progress in understanding the new economics of trade and the politics of liberality would produce commonwealths, producing more cosmopolitan societies marked by justice, enduring peace and prosperity. Moreover, democracy would spread thereby integrating more nations into the democratic camp. And, the lives of the many would improve. That vision has lost its promise. The 20th century, for all its economic and technological improvements, was also witness to terrible intolerance, attacks on civilians in war, ethnic purging has continued even after the holocaust. Intolerance led to wars between states, to violence within states (such as Darfur, Sri Lanka, Bosnia to name but three). Hence, the three questions posed by this course: 1) What are the most important factors that continue to produce intolerance; 2) Are the factors that produce and strengthen justice and tolerance; and 3) What can be done to increase a society’s tolerance and justice, both in the United States and abroad? This course makes use of historical, political, and literary sources.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 16
Expected: 10
Class#: 1941
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: midterm examination, medium length research paper, and final examination
Extra Info: American Politics, Political Theory and Comparative Politics
Enrollment Preferences: preference to Political Science majors
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: PSCI American Politics Courses
PSCI Comparative Politics Courses
PSCI Political Theory Courses

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