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2025 Spring > UGRD > PHIL > PHIL 418

The End of Democracy

Course #: PHIL 418

Description:
This course focuses on philosophical questions raised by the remarkable contemporary diffusion of constitutional democracy. What is the proper conception of ''constitutionalism''? Of ''democracy''? Of their surprising combination in ''constitutional democracy''? What institutions, legal structures, political arrangements and practices are required for, conducive towards, or antithetical to constitutional democracy? And, what method or methods should we adopt in approaching these vast and various questions?
Pre Requisites:
Pre-requisite = One 300-level or above Philosophy course

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 10249 TuTh
12:30 - 1:45 pm
Zurn,Christopher Frederick McCormack M01-0420
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 30
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite = One 300-level or above Philosophy course
Course Attributes: