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

The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | PHIL 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.

The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | PHIL 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.

The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense | PHIL 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

International Political Economy | POLI 442

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

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

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.

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.

Elements of Politics I or II | HNRS 354

A contemporary thinker has said that all education is being introduced to greatness. That is the primary aim of this course, which will examine the political principles of the Greek writers. Our fundamental goal will be to observe great thinkers sifting the claims of religion and the polity, the individual and the community, tradition and philosophy, philosophy and politics. We will read poems by Solon, Homer’s Iliad or Odyssey, Sophocles’ Antigone, selections from Herodotus’s Persian Wars, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War and several works by Plato: Apology, Crito, Meno, Republic, Gorgias, and Phaedrus. There will be several short papers and a final essay of six to ten pages. Daily class preparation is expected since the course will be conducted as a seminar. This class is open to students at all levels, Freshman through Senior year. The sole requirement is a willingness to work hard and not fall behind. In order that they may be aware of the demands of the course, all students must obtain my approval for enrollment. This course was developed with the aid of a Paul and Melba Brandes Course Development Award.

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

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

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

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 (Honors) | 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.

Survey of the History of Economic Thought | ECON 234

Introduction to the development of economic thought from the mercantilists, through Smith and the classicists, Marx, the neoclassicists to Keynes.

Comparative Economic Systems | ECON 267

A survey of the principles and performance of capitalist, communist, socialist, corporatist, and transitional systems

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.

Economics of Population | ECON 454

Analysis of economic-demographic interrelations including demographic analysis, population and economic growth and development, economic models of fertility and migration, and population policy.

Requisites: Prerequisites, ECON 400 and 310 or 410; a grade of C or better in ECON 400, and 310 or 410 is required; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites.

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.

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 of 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 of the department. Prerequisite, PHIL 384.