Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the major authors, central issues, and political and philosophical perspectives as presented through classical and contemporary reading selections. Philosophers studied include Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, Rawls, Nozick, and Arendt. Topics include the nature of democracy, fascism, justice, rights, law, liberty, political authority, political principles, and consequences, with an emphasis on understanding these political theories as normative rather than descriptive. Critical analysis of each perspective in political philosophy will be engaged. 