17.01/24.04  Justice

Next paper is due April 28 at 1 pm in lecture

Hello everyone--
I decided to push back the date of the next paper a little. It's now due April 28 at 1 pm. Topics will be posted shortly.
Helene

Announced on 17 April 2009  11:59  a.m. by Helene Emilie Yolande Landemore

Nixon the Hobbesian ruler

I actually found the real-life version of the passage I showed you in class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejvyDn1TPr8&feature=related

Announced on 10 March 2009  2:41  p.m. by Helene Emilie Yolande Landemore

Peter Singer in Cambridge on Friday March 13

Hello everyone--
if you want to see Peter Singer in the flesh and perhaps ask him a tough question or two on his utilitarian conception of justice and his plan to end world poverty, here is your chance:
http://www.harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=2226

Announced on 08 March 2009  9:24  p.m. by Helene Emilie Yolande Landemore

Plato's Republic Online Resource

If some of you haven't managed to secure a hard copy of the Republic yet, you can find an online version which has the standard line references. It's clumsy and more of a last resort solution but I thought you should know:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0168&query=section%3D%238

Helene

Announced on 08 February 2009  11:21  p.m. by Helene Emilie Yolande Landemore

Further discussion on bonuses online

Announced on 04 February 2009  11:46  a.m. by Helene Emilie Yolande Landemore