School of Liberal Arts: Political Economy
2008-2009 Academic Year
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capitalist mass media, and Supreme Court decisions relating to freedom of
expression.
PECN 497, 498 Special Topics in Political Economy (3, 3)
PECN 600 Majors Seminar (3)
Staff. The political economy majors' seminar focuses on a large theme or
question that no single discipline in the program uniquely claims for its own and
no one approach exhausts. Example of such issues: the rise of the nation state,
capitalism and democracy, the foundations of economic behavior, the
organization and meaning of work, and industrialization, economic growth, and
social change. In designing a majors seminar, faculty define the issues that most
engage them as teachers and scholars and that sustain a coherent cross-
disciplinary course offering.
PECN 675 Utilitarianism: From Bentham to Harsanyi (3)
Prof. Riley. This course introduces students to the utilitarian tradition and to the
modern debate over whether some version of utilitarianism is likely to serve as
the most adequate moral and political philosophy. Same as PHIL 675.