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PLC3701 - Political Ideas Study Guide
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PLC3701 - Political Ideas Study Guide
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,# 2004 University of South AfricaAll rights reserved
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University of South Africa
Muckleneuk, Pretoria
PLC301±X/1/2005±2008
97603481
3B2
PRS Mod style
, (iii) PLC301±X/1/2005±2008
Contents
Study unit Page
POLITICAL IDEAS (v)
THEME 1
The nature and function of political philosophy, theory
and ideology 1
STUDY UNIT 1 THE MEANING OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL
THEORY 2
STUDY UNIT 2 THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 6
2.1 The analytic dimension: logical knowledge 6
2.2 The empirical dimension: factual knowledge 10
2.3 The normative dimension: moral knowledge 11
2.3.1 The function of political philosophy 14
STUDY UNIT 3 THE MEANING, NATURE AND FUNCTION OF IDEOLOGY 16
3.1 The similarities and differences between political philosophy and ideology 18
THEME 2
The historical development of political ideas 21
STUDY UNIT 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL IDEAS 23
4.1 The classical period 23
4.2 The medieval period 25
4.3 The modern period 27
THEME 3
The political ideas of selected political philosophers 35
STUDY UNIT 5 CLASSICAL POLITICAL IDEAS 39
5.1 Plato (427±347 BC) 39
5.2 Aristotle (384±322 BC) 44
STUDY UNIT 6 MEDIEVAL POLITICAL IDEAS 50
6.1 St Augustine (354±430) 50
6.2 St Thomas Aquinas (1225±1274) 52
STUDY UNIT 7 MODERN POLITICAL IDEAS 57
7.1 John Locke (1632±1704) 57
7.2 Karl Marx (1818±1883) 61
, (iv)
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THEME 4
Selected issues in political philosophy 71
STUDY UNIT 8 AUTHORITY 75
8.1 The meanings of authority 75
8.2 Why should political authorities be obeyed? 77
8.3 Challenges to political authority 80
STUDY UNIT 9 JUSTICE 87
9.1 The meanings of justice 87
9.2 The principles of justice 89
9.3 Contending theories of justice: Rawls and Nozick 92
STUDY UNIT 10 EQUALITY 102
10.1 The meanings of equality 102
10.2 Kinds of equality 103
10.3 The problems of equality and the justification of equality and inequalities 107
STUDY UNIT 11 FREEDOM 115
11.1 The meanings of freedom 115
11.2 Kinds of freedom 119
11.3 The scope and limits of freedom 120
BIBLIOGRAPHY 128
GLOSSARY 131
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