| THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
| Machiavelli |
| 1 and 2 | The New Understanding of Human Nature and Politics | |
| Hobbes |
| 3 | On Man | |
| 4 | On Commonwealth | |
| Locke |
| 5 | Contract | Paper 1 due |
| 6 | Legitimate Government | |
| 7 | Freedom of Thought | Paper 1 revision due |
| LIBERTY AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM |
| 8 | The American Founding | |
| 9 | Liberty and Equality in America | |
| STATESMANSHIP AND THE AMERICAN REGIME |
| 10 | Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom? | Paper 2 due |
| A CRITIQUE OF ENLIGHTENMENT |
| Rousseau |
| 11 | Human Nature and Inequality | |
| 12 | The Freedom of the Citizen | |
| THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY |
| Nietzsche |
| 13 | A New Vision | Paper 3 due |
