What is 'civil society'? Define Civil Society, the historical development of the term, and explain its principle value in the democratic state.
Understanding Utilitarianism, Benthem and the Mill's.
What is Utilitarianism?
Understanding states of nature.
What is a state of nature?
Understanding Aristole's notion of state and society.
How and why does Aristotle distinguish between state and society in his book Politics?
Understanding Aristole's conception of reason and citizenship in Politics.
How does Aristotle connect citizenship and practical reason?
Understanding Plato's Republic and the guardians as a political class.
In Plato's Republic what makes the Guardians a political class?
Understanding Plato and political rationality.
Why does Plato advise against the political rule of intellectuals in existing society?
Understanding Plato's distiction between tyranny and authority.
In Plato's Republic how does tyranny contrast wtih authority?
Understanding Plato and varying constitutions.
In Plato's Republic what causes the downward cycle of constitutions?
Understanding Nietzsche's eternal recurrance.
What is Nietzsche's eternal recurrance?
