[NEW COURSE] [MULTI-PART SERIES] For Locke competitive economic acquisitiveness is the core of justice. For Marx the moral society is “an association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.” We will address the following questions: Are all human beings equal? Should a just government secure private property rights? Can liberal government combine individual freedom and political authority? Can Lockean government secure consent of the governed? By what right does the majority govern? Can the rule of law and separation of powers secure individual rights? Do economic interests determine history? Must capitalists exploit workers? Would socialism emancipate human beings? Would a socialist economy work? Can we have Marx without Stalin? Can socialism be democratic? Participation in Part 1 of this course is not a prerequisite. Discussion, Lecture