Related themes include the locus and weight of political authority, varying notions of virtue over time, and the role of religious justifications in theories of the state. In this paper we will examine the main schools of contemporary political philosophy, including liberalism, libertarianism, communitarianism, socialism, and feminism. Where applicable, we will attempt to connect the ideas of these contemporary thinkers to their historical antecedents. This paper is taught jointly with POLS 262. This page is published by Victoria University of Wellington .
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