Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Michael Sandel
Explore political philosophy with Michael Sandel's "Justice" course. Analyze complex moral dilemmas and discover your own ethical framework.
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PhilPapers - Political Philosophy
Section of the PhilPapers index maintained by academic editors, listing journal articles, preprints, and books across political philosophy subfields. Use it to trace the current literature on a question and find peer-reviewed sources with abstracts.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Political Philosophy
Peer-reviewed encyclopedia entry surveying political philosophy from ancient Greece through modern liberalism, organized by historical period and by core questions about authority, justice, and the state. Gives you a map of the field before reading primary texts.
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Explore fundamental questions about justice, liberty, and power in this introductory political philosophy course by Steven B. Smith.
The Political Theory Review
Interview podcast hosted by political theorist Jeffrey Church in which scholars discuss their recent books in political theory and social and political philosophy, covering both contemporary arguments and the history of political thought. Listeners follow current academic debates in the field.
Moral Foundations of Politics
Yale political scientist Ian Shapiro's lecture course on Enlightenment, utilitarian, Marxist, and social-contract answers to what makes a government legitimate. Students finish able to apply each tradition to contested questions about rights, distribution, and democracy.
constitution.org
Constitution.org is an online archive of constitutional documents and political philosophy. It offers full texts of national constitutions (and amendments), historical charters, and accompanying essays that explain constitutional theory and governance.