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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e

William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for the Just Society

The Justification of Government

Topical links

Plato
Plato (http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg;=2&ti=761568769) Encarta article



The Life of Plato (http://plato.evansville.edu/life.htm) Discussion by Anthony F. Beavers and Christopher Planeaux (Exploring Plato's Dialogues)



Plato: Life and Works (http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/plat.htm) Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling



Plato and Platonism (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12159a.htm) Catholic Encyclopedia article



Plato's Republic (http://www.friesian.com/plato.htm) Discussion by Kelley L. Ross (Friesian School Proceedings)



The Republic (http://www.stier.net/teaching/ih51/notes/plato.htm) Detailed outline by Mark Stier (Temple University)



Plato links (http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Plat) EpistemeLink link collection For more on Plato's theory of Forms see the links for Chapter 2.2.

St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aquinas.htm) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



Thomas Aquinas: Life and Works (http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aqui.htm) Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling



Thomas Aquinas (http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/aquinas.htm) Discussion from Faithnet



Saint Thomas Aquinas (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



St. Thomas Aquinas (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm) Catholic Encyclopedia article



St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae (http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txn/summa.htm) Article from BELIEVE Religious Information Source



Thomistic Philosophy (http://www.aquinasonline.com/) Fine, comprehensive site devoted to works and thought of Aquinas; maintained by Joseph M. Magee (University of St. Thomas)



Lecture Notes: Aquinas' Summa Theologica (http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/phi001/aquinaslec.html) Lecture notes from a 1994 intro to philosophy course by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis)



Aquinas on Love and Justice (http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/405/lec-note.htm) Lecture notes by Alfred J. Freddoso (University of Notre Dame)



The Ethics of Thomas Aquinas (http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/406/lec-note.htm) Detailed series of lecture notes by Alfred J. Freddoso (University of Notre Dame) For Aquinas' arguments for the existence of God see the links for Chapter 4.1.

John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/milljs.htm) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



John Stuart Mill (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



John Stuart Mill: Life and Works (http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/mill.htm) Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling



Lecture 2: Classical Utilitarianism: Bentham and Mill (http://www.iusb.edu/~lzynda/lect2.html) Lecture notes, including discussion of Mill on justice by Lyle Zynda (University of Indiana)



Lecture Notes for Mill's Utilitarianism (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anderson/focus210lecture6.htm) Notes, including remarks on Mill's interpretation of justice by Joel Anderson (Washington University in St. Louis)



Mill links (http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Mill) EpistemeLink link collection For more information on Mill's view of the individual and the state see the links for Chapter 6.3. For more information on Mill's utilitarian ethics see the links for Chapter 5.3.

John Rawls
Professor Emeritus John Rawls (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~phildept/html/emereti_pages_2.html) Brief biography from Harvard University)



John Rawls (http://cepa.newschool.edu/~het/profiles/rawls.htm) Brief biography, list of works, and links from The History of Economic Thought Website (New School University)



John Rawls Awarded National Humanities Medal (http://www.hup.harvard.edu/Awards/rawls_nhm.html/t_blank) Notice from Harvard University Press



John Rawls (http://www.policylibrary.com/left.htm) Collection of links to works by and about Rawls from the Policy Library



Rawls links (http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Rawl) EpistemeLink link collection

Susan Moller Okin
Dr. Susan Moller Okin (http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Okin.html/t_blank) Home Page of Susan Okin (Stanford University)



Susan Moller Okin (http://www.ksu.edu/dthompson/okin.html) Very brief biography by Dorothy L. Thompson (Kansas State University)



Women in Western Political Thought (http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/book-sum/okin.html) Quotations from this book by Okin; collected by the Sunshine for Women site

Justice
Economic justice (http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~ghh/319/Lecture17/tsld001.htm) PowerPoint presentation by Gil Harman (Princeton University)



Distributive Justice (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-distributive/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



Distributive justice resources page (http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/distjust.htm) Collection of links by Allen Backman (Cal State Dominguez Hills)



Justice (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571c.htm) Catholic Encyclopedia article



Introduction: Just Institutions (http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/cohen/tamingintro.html) Excerpt from Constitution, Democracy, and State Power: The Institutions of Justice by Joshua Cohen and Archon Fung (MIT)

Plato's theory of justice
Kinds of State or Person (http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2h.htm#kinds) Discussion of Plato's analogy between the person and the state by Garth Kemerling



Plato's Ethics (http://www-philosophy.ucdavis.edu/phi001/platelec.htm) Brief discussion, including account of justice by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis)



Greek Philosophy: Plato (http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/PLATO.HTM) Overview, including discussion of justice and the ideal republic by Richard Hooker (Washington State University)



Lecture Outlines for Plato (http://ball.tcnj.edu/pols270/plato/outlines.htm) Outline including steps in Plato's consideration of justice by William J. Ball (The College of New Jersey)



Plato on Justice and Civic Community (http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/cohen/plato.html) Lecture notes by Joshua Cohen (MIT)



Plato's Republic: Inner Justice, Ordinary Justice and Just Action in the Polis (http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/TEth/TEthChin.htm) Essay by Jacqueline Chin (National University of Singapore) for Paideia



Plato's Concept Of Justice: An Analysis (http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Anci/AnciBhan.htm) Essay by D. R. Bhandari (J. N. V. University) for Paideia

Natural Law theory
Natural Law theory (http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/n.htm#natl) Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling



Nonconsequentialist Theories of Obligation (http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~tlockha/h2700nonconsequentialism.doc) Brief overview of divine command theory, natural law theory, and Kant's ethical theory by Ted Lockhart (Michigan Tech University)



Natural Law (http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/natural_law.htm) Discussion from Faithnet



Lecture 24: Natural Law Theory (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/phl347/lectures/lec24.html) Outline lecture notes by R. Koons (University of Texas)



Notes for Lecture #10: Introduction to Natural Law (http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/051/lec10.html) Lecture notes by Alexander R. Pruss (Georgetown University)



Notes for Lecture #11: More on Natural Law (http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/051/lec11.html) Lecture notes by Alexander R. Pruss (Georgetown University)



An Overview of Natural Law Theory (http://radicalacademy.com/philnaturallaw.htm) Discussion of history and nature of the theory by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty (The Radical Academy)



Natural Law Theory from Cicero to Grotius (http://faculty.washington.edu/himma/phil338/lect3.htm) Historical overview by Ken Himma (University of Washington)



Natural Law (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/n/natlaw.htm) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article; discussion of natural law as a moral theory and as a political theory



Aquinas' Natural Law theory and Homosexuality (http://www.udallas.edu/phildept/smith/Articles,%20mine/set%20of%20mine/Aquinas'%20Natural... ) Article applying Aquinas' theory by Janet E. Smith (University of Dallas at Austin)



Notes for Lecture #12: The Doctrine of Double Effect and Applications of Natural Law (http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/051/lec12.html) Lecture notes by Alexander R. Pruss (Georgetown University)

John Rawls' theory of justice
Justice as Fairness (http://truth.wofford.edu/~kaycd/ethics/justice.htm) Overview discussion of Rawls' theory of justice by Charles D. Kay (Wofford College)



Notes on John Rawls (http://infotech.fanshawec.on.ca/faculty/jedicke/rawls.htm) Overview of major themes by Peter Jedicke (Fanshawe College)



John Rawls (http://ethics.acusd.edu/presentations/seattle/justice/tsld010.htm) PowerPoint presentation on Rawls' theory of justice by Lawrence Hinman (University of San Diego)



Distributive Justice (http://www.commerce.usask.ca/faculty/backman/lectures/HCA434/Ethics/Ethics2/Ethics2.htm) PowerPoint presentation of Rawls' theory of justice by Allen Backman (Cal State Dominguez Hills)



Original Position (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Rawls' notion of the original position



Rawls: The Original Position (http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y64l13.html) Lecture by R. J. Kilcullen (Macquarie University)



John Rawls: Liberty (http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/politics/y64l15.html) Lecture by R. J. Kilcullen (Macquarie University)



"Justice as Fairness": Rawls Part I (http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ltorrago/rawls.html) Lecture notes by Loretto Torrago (Iowa State University)



"Justice as Fairness": Rawls Part II (http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ltorrago/rawls2.html) Lecture notes by Loretto Torrago (Iowa State University)



The Original Position and the Difference Principle (http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/cohen/originalanddp.html) Lecture notes by Joshua Cohen (MIT)



Introduction to Political Philosophy lecture notes (http://www.iusb.edu/~lzynda/lectures.html) Lecture notes, including several on Rawls' theory of justice by Lyle Zynda (University of Indiana)



Lecture 9 Communitarian Critiques of Liberalism (http://info.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/lect9.html) Lecture on some criticisms of Rawls' general approach by Chris Bertram (University of Bristol)

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