Knowledge and Society | PHIL 140

An examination of questions about knowledge, evidence, and rational belief as they arise in areas of social life such as democratic politics, the law, science, religion, and education. Honors version available.

Virtue, Value, and Happiness | PHIL 160

Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. Honors version available

Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live | PHIL 163

Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. Honors version available

Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live | PHIL 163

Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. Honors version available

Honors: Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live | PHIL 163H

Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment. *This course is EXCLUSIVELY for first-year Robertson Scholars, and is *NOT* managed by Honors Carolina. This lecture co-convenes with Duke.

Morality and Business | PHIL 164

An examination of business ethics and the types of ethical dilemmas people may face in business practices.

Bioethics | PHIL 165

An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. Honors version available

Bioethics | PHIL 165

An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. Honors version available

Bioethics | PHIL 165

An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment. Honors version available

Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities | PHIL 170

An examination of major issues in political philosophy, e.g., liberty, individual rights, social responsibility, legal authority, civil authority, civil disobedience. Readings include classical and contemporary writings. Honors version available

Ethics, Politics, and Technology | PHIL 265

In the near future, our taxis will be driver-less, our wars will be fought by autonomous drones, and our towns will be kept safe by algorithms foreseeing crimes. This course explores the ethical implications of this new technological revolution and invites students to debate the challenges it engenders. We will debate how new technologies ought to be governed and what limits should be imposed on their implementation.

The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272

An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. *This section is scheduled and controlled by the Political Science Department; its recitation schedule is available in ConnectCarolina.

The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272

An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. *This section is scheduled and controlled by the Political Science Department; its recitation schedule is available in ConnectCarolina.

The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | PHIL/POLI/PWAD 272

**This section is scheduled and controlled by the Political Science Department.** An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction. *This section is scheduled and controlled by the Political Science Department; its recitation schedule is available in ConnectCarolina.

Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy | PHIL 274

Race, identity, discrimination, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and slave reparations in the writings of Walker, Delany, Douglass, Cooper, DuBois, King, and Malcolm X. Honors version available

Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy | PHIL 274

Race, identity, discrimination, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and slave reparations in the writings of Walker, Delany, Douglass, Cooper, DuBois, King, and Malcolm X. Honors version available

Ideology, Capitalism, and Critique | PHIL 276

This course studies how (oftentimes implicit) ideological commitments shape our culture and our social reality. We will explore the Marxist tradition and the Frankfurt School Critical Theory, as well as contemporary applications and critiques of ideology in thinkers such as Jaeggi, Fraser, Shelby, and Haslanger.

Morality, Law, and Justice | PHIL 280

Explores issues in legal philosophy such as, What is law? Does it serve justice or undermine it? Can punishment be justified? When is a person responsible? Honors version available

Justice in Public Policy | PLCY 340

This seminar explores arguments about moral issues in public policy. Students examine both the means used to implement policies and policy ends through discussions of case studies of policy choice. Honors version available

Honors: Justice in Public Policy | PLCY 340H

This seminar explores arguments about moral issues in public policy. Students examine both the means used to implement policies and policy ends through discussions of case studies of policy choice. Honors version available

Ethics and Economics | PHIL/PLCY 364

Recommended preparation, at least one course in ethics (PHIL 160, 163, or 170) or one course in economics. Issues at the intersection of ethics and economics, including value; the relation between values and preferences; rationality; the relevance to economics of rights, justice, and the value of human life.

Honors: Virtue, Value, and Happiness | PHIL 160H

Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized. Honors version available

Justice, Rights, and the Common Good | PHIL 273

This course will focus on justice and the common good, applying theoretical justifications to contemporary social and economic issues. Readings will include classical and contemporary literature on the nature of justice and rights.

Justice, Rights, and the Common Good | PHIL 273H

This course will focus on justice and the common good, applying theoretical justifications to contemporary social and economic issues. Readings will include classical and contemporary literature on the nature of justice and rights.

Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy | PHIL 274H

Race, identity, discrimination, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and slave reparations in the writings of Walker, Delany, Douglass, Cooper, DuBois, King, and Malcolm X. Honors version available

Living Things, Wilderness, and Ecosystems: An Introduction to Environmental Ethics | PHIL/ENEC 368

The meaning of environmental values and their relation to other values; the ethical status of animals, species, wilderness, and ecosystems; the built environment; environmental justice; ecofeminism; obligations to future generations.

Authority, Freedom, and Rights | PHIL 370

Advanced discussion of competing philosophical approaches to questions of justice, authority, freedom, rights, and the like, including libertarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism, and feminism.

First-Year Seminar: Justice and Inequality | PLCY 71

This seminar investigates the value of equality, and asks which forms of inequality are unjust and ought to be addressed by governments. Topics include income inequality, political inequality, marriage inequality, racial inequality, and global inequality.

Honors: First-Year Seminar: Justice and Inequality | PLCY 71H

This seminar investigates the value of equality, and asks which forms of inequality are unjust and ought to be addressed by governments. Topics include income inequality, political inequality, marriage inequality, racial inequality, and global inequality.

Intro to Comparative Politics | POLI 130

This course examines the diversity of political arrangements in societies across the globe. Honors version available

Intro to Comparative Politics | POLI 130

This course examines the diversity of political arrangements in societies across the globe. Honors version available

Honors Seminar on Public Policy and Global Affairs | PLCY 352H

The Honors Seminar on Public Policy and Global Affairs offers Carolina undergraduates of all majors and minors a unique learning, living, and internship opportunity in our nation’s capital. The seminar offers students first-hand engagement with the actors and organizations—across the public, private and non-profit sectors—that influence domestic and global affairs in Washington, D.C. It aims to expose students to a range of topics that focus on U.S. economic prosperity, national security, and the U.S. role in the broader global community. Internship placements provide opportunities for students to apply academic learning, to derive new insights and questions for seminar discussion, and to work directly with substantive experts.

International Political Economy | POLI/EURO 442

Theories of international political economy, major trends in international economic relations, selected contemporary policy issues.

Classical Political Thought | POLI 270

Survey designed to introduce students to major political thinkers and ideas of the ancient world and of the medieval period. Honors version available

Honors: Classical Political Thought | POLI 270H

Survey designed to introduce students to major political thinkers and ideas of the ancient world and of the medieval period. Honors version available

Modern Political Thought | POLI 271

Survey course designed to introduce students to major political thinkers and schools of thought dating roughly from the 16th century to the present. Honors version available

Honors: Modern Political Thought | POLI 271H

Survey course designed to introduce students to major political thinkers and schools of thought dating roughly from the 16th century to the present. Honors version available

Strategy and Politics | POLI 288

Offers an introduction to positive political theory, the application of rational choice analysis (or economic models) to the study of political phenomena. Topics include social choice theory, legislative voting, problems of cooperation and collective action, and public choice theory. Encourages students to think about politics from a critical vantage point.

Political Economy I: The Domestic System | POLI 401

Problems of the national government in managing capitalist development and economic growth; political constraints; patterns of conflict among domestic actors.

Social and Political Philosophy | POLI 470

An examination of the logic of social and political thought with an analysis of such concepts as society, state, power, authority, freedom, social and political obligation, law, rights. Honors version available

Problems of Modern Democratic Theory | POLI 472

Major problem areas in democratic theory including definitions, presuppositions, and justifications of democracy, liberty, equality, minority rights, public interest, participation, dissent, and civil disobedience. Honors version available

The Politics, Philosophy, and Economics of Education | POLI 478

The course explores the politics, philosophy, and economics of US education. We will cover topics such as the goals of education; education politics at the local, state, and federal levels; school finance; accountability; markets in education; the role of philanthropy; and student debt.

Elements of Politics I or II | HNRS 354

This course deals with the theme of the transition from ancient to modern understanding of the essence of politics and will concentrate on selected plays of Shakespeare that profoundly dramatize that transformation (Henry IV-Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest). As the primary representatives of ancient thought, we shall read large portions of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Poetics. As the signal work in initiating modern thought, we shall read Machiavelli’s Prince. This seminar will be conducted solely through conversation. Several essays, of varying length, will be required. There will also be an oral final examination. Students at all levels are welcome, and there are no prerequisites other than a willingness to read carefully and diligently.
INSTRUCTOR CONSENT REQUIRED. EMAIL DR. GOLDBERG AT lagoldbe@email.unc.edu).
3.0 CREDIT HOUR COURSE; FULFILLS PH-PHILOSOPHICAL & MORAL REASONING GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT; FULFILLS POLITICS REQUIREMENT FOR THE PPE MINOR.

Introduction to Economics | ECON 101

Introduction to fundamental issues in economics including competition, scarcity, opportunity cost, resource allocation, unemployment, inflation, and the determination of prices. Honors version available

Introduction to Economics | ECON 101

Introduction to fundamental issues in economics including competition, scarcity, opportunity cost, resource allocation, unemployment, inflation, and the determination of prices. Honors version available.

Honors: Introduction to Economics | ECON 101H

*First-year students only.* Introduction to fundamental issues in economics including competition, scarcity, opportunity cost, resource allocation, unemployment, inflation, and the determination of prices. Honors version available.

Game Theory | ECON 411

Game theory is the study of strategic interactions, where the best choice for the individual depends directly on what other individuals are doing. This course formalizes strategic interactions as mathematical games. Students examine the concept of a strategy, examine what it means to be rational or irrational, and define solution concepts that correspond to different assumptions.

Requisites: Prerequisite, ECON 410 with a grade of C or better, or COMP 550, POLI 287, or POLI 288; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite.

International Economics | ECON/EURO/PWAD 460

An introduction to international trade, the balance of payments, and related issues of foreign economic policy.

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400 and 410 is required.

International Economics | ECON/EURO/PWAD 460

An introduction to international trade, the balance of payments, and related issues of foreign economic policy.

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400 and 410 is required.

Advanced Microeconomic Theory | ECON 510

A treatment of topics in microeconomic theory not normally covered in ECON 410. Honors version available

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400 and 410 is required.

Advanced Microeconomic Theory | ECON 510

A treatment of topics in microeconomic theory not normally covered in ECON 410. Honors version available

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400 and 410 is required.

Logic and Decision Theory | PHIL 157

A broader discussion of practical reasoning, including inductive and deductive logic, which provides a good introduction to decision and game theory that is important for the social sciences, especially economics.

History of Economic Doctrines | ECON 434

A survey of the fundamental forms of economic thought from the scholastics through Keynes.

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 101, 400, and 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400 and 410 is required.

Honors: Advanced Microeconomic Theory | ECON 510H

A treatment of topics in microeconomic theory not normally covered in ECON 410. Honors version available

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400 and 410 is required.

Advanced Game Theory in Economics | ECON 511

Topics in noncooperative and cooperative game theory are covered, along with a selection of applications to economics in areas such as industrial organization, international trade, public finance, and general equilibrium. Honors version available

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better is required; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites.

Honors: Advanced Game Theory in Economics | ECON 511H

Topics in noncooperative and cooperative game theory are covered, along with a selection of applications to economics in areas such as industrial organization, international trade, public finance, and general equilibrium. Honors version available

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 410; a grade of C or better is required; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites.

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | PHIL/POLI/ECON 698

The Capstone course advances PHIL/POLI/ECON 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. It addresses advanced issues at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics. It focuses on specific topics such as rights, taxation, globalization, etc. This course is offered every semester.

Requisites: Permission and manual enrollment by the department. Prerequisite, PHIL 384.

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | PHIL/POLI/ECON 698

The Capstone course advances PHIL/POLI/ECON 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. It addresses advanced issues at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics. It focuses on specific topics such as rights, taxation, globalization, etc. This course is offered every semester.

Requisites: Permission and manual enrollment by the department. Prerequisite, PHIL 384.

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | PHIL/POLI/ECON 698

The Capstone course advances PHIL/POLI/ECON 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. It addresses advanced issues at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics. It focuses on specific topics such as rights, taxation, globalization, etc. This course is offered every semester.

Requisites: Permission and manual enrollment by the department. Prerequisite, PHIL 384.

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course | PHIL/POLI/ECON 698

The Capstone course advances PHIL/POLI/ECON 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms. It addresses advanced issues at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics. It focuses on specific topics such as rights, taxation, globalization, etc. This course is offered every semester.

Requisites: Permission and manual enrollment by the department. Prerequisite, PHIL 384.