– Write a Political Theory essay that interprets the arguments of Kant, Hegel, and Rousseau. The directions, paper topics, and readings are in the attachments below
– 5-6 pages, double spaced, MLA format, 12 pt Times New Roman font
– NO outside sources
– The page numbers of all the readings that we went over are listed here:
- J.J. Rousseau, Letter to d’Alembert (Politics & The Arts), pp. 3-7, 15-27, 57-75.
- J.J. Rousseau, Letter to d’Alembert (Politics & The Arts), pp. 75-92, 123-127.
- J.J. Rousseau, The Social Contract, Book I, entire book.
- J.J. Rousseau, The Social Contract, Book II, chs. 1-8; Book III, chs. 1, 4-5, 10-11, 15; Book IV, ch. 8.
- Immanuel Kant, “What Is Enlightenment?”, “Idea for a Universal History” (on website).
- G.W.F. Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit, “Preface”, “Self-Consciousness”, pp. 1-45, 104-119.
- G.W.F. Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit, “Spirit, The Ethical World”, “Absolute Freedom and Terror”, “Conscience” and “Absolute Knowing”. pp. 263-278, 355-363, 383-409, 479-493.
– Link to Rousseau reading: https://archive.org/details/RousseauLetterToDAlemb…
***Due OCT 26th at 12pm, no exceptions***


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