Section Info: PHIL-242-01

Course Title: Social and Political Philosophy

Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026

Term: Fall Semester 2026

Description: We will examine the place of liberty and equality in a just society by looking at classic and contemporary topics in social and political philosophy. We will consider big questions such as the following: what is liberty and why is it important? What about equality? Do these values conflict? Or can a society ensure both? What is justice? We will also consider more narrow, practical questions on topics such as immigration, voting, commodification, reparations, freedom of expression, and a universal basic income.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
David Turon		dturon@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026	Discussion	Tuesday and Thursday	09:00AM - 10:15AM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
PHIL0002	PHIL-ET: Ethics and Value Theory	This course has been approved to count towards the Philosophy major in the Ethics and Value Theory area.

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 16	Available: 0	Waitlist: 12

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.