Consideration of fundamental and enduring political questions as addressed by philosophers, novelists, playwrights and essayists, as well as political scientists. What is politics? What difference does it make? How do political systems begin? What is political control? What are the threats to political control? What are the similarities and differences in political systems? How are such systems evaluated? How do they change? Can morality inform politics? Books and Materials Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal ISBN: 9780367235116 Authors: Terence Ball, Richard Dagger, Daniel I. O'Neill Publication Date: 2019-01-01 Edition: 11th Utopia for Realists Utopia for Realists ISBN: 9780316471916 Authors: Rutger Bregman Publisher: Back Bay Books Publication Date: 2018-03-27 How Fascism Works How Fascism Works Subtitle: The Politics of Us and Them ISBN: 9780525511854 Authors: Jason Stanley Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Publication Date: 2020-05-26 Class schedule Friday, April 5: Complete Pretest. Sunday, April 7: Complete the Opening Week Quiz with a perfect score. Complete post for “Getting to know you…” discussion forum. Complete all assigned materials in Module 1. Thursday, April 18: Complete Step 1 of Discussion Board Assignment #1. Friday, April 19: Complete Steps 2-4 of Discussion Board Assignment #1. Sunday, April 21: Complete Exam #1 covering assigned Module 1 materials. Complete all assigned materials in Module 2. Sunday, May 5: Complete Exam #2 covering assigned Module 2 materials. Complete all assigned materials in Module 3. Thursday, May 16: Complete Step 1 of Discussion Board Assignment #2. Friday, May 17: Complete Steps 2-4 of Discussion Board Assignment #2. Sunday, May 19: Complete Exam #3 covering assigned Module 3 materials. Complete all assigned materials in Module 4. Sunday, June 2: Complete Exam #4 covering assigned Module 4 materials. Complete all assigned materials in Module 5. Thursday, June 6: Complete Step 1 of Discussion Board Assignment #3. Friday, June 7: Complete Steps 2-4 of Discussion Board Assignment #3. Sunday, June 9: Complete all assigned materials in Module 6. Thursday, June 13: Complete Exam #5 covering assigned Module 5 & 6 materials. Complete Posttest. Complete Student Outcomes Survey. The course ends at midnight on this date. The course will require a considerable amount of time and energy. Understand that I will do everything I can to enable you to succeed. Your final grade will be a product of your total points earned as a percentage of the total points available in the class (not including extra credit quizzes), applied to the A through F grade breakdown below. The point range for each type of assignment will be the following: Quizzes = 2-10 points each Discussion Board = 10-100 points per assignment Exams = 60-100 points per exam A = 93-100% A- = 90-92% B+ = 88-89% B = 83-87% B- = 80-82% C+ = 78-79% C = 73-77% C- = 70-72% D+ = 68-69% D = 60-67% F = 0-59%

哲学者、小説家、劇作家、エッセイスト、そして政治学者によって取り上げられる基本的で永続的な政治的問題の考察。政治とは何か？それがもたらす違いは何か？政治システムはどのように始まるのか？政治的な支配とは何か？政治的支配への脅威は何か？政治システムの類似点と相違点は何か？そのようなシステムはどのように評価されるのか？それらはどのように変化するのか？道徳は政治に情報提供できるか？ このコースにはかなりの時間とエネルギーが必要です。成功するためにできる限りのことをするつもりですので、ご理解ください。最終成績は、クラスで利用可能な総合ポイントの割合として獲得した合計ポイントに基づいて算出され、以下のAからFの成績に適用されます（追加のクイズポイントを含まず）。各種課題のポイント範囲は以下の通りです： Quizzes = 2-10 points each Discussion Board = 10-100 points per assignment Exams = 60-100 points per exam A = 93-100% A- = 90-92% B+ = 88-89% B = 83-87% B- = 80-82% C+ = 78-79% C = 73-77% C- = 70-72% D+ = 68-69% D = 60-67% F = 0-59%