Marx - Capitalism 101
At long last, Professor Kozlowski tackles that most divisive of all political thinkers: Karl Marx. Today we'll talk about the legacy of Marx (especially in the USA), and take our first steps to unders...
27 Aug 20252h 20min
PHIL 236 FA25 History of Social Thought Syllabus Lecture
Professor Kozlowski introduces his new course - History of Social Thought - with a lecture walking through the syllabus and describing the responsibilities and expectations of the course.
26 Aug 20252h 39min
Mill - Utilitarianism and On Liberty
Today we confront the primary moral philosophy presented as a challenge to Kant's Deontology: Utilitarianism. We'll read Chapter 1 of Bentham's "An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legisla...
22 Aug 20252h 43min
Kant - Perpetual Peace and Deontology
Professor Kozlowski tackles the preeminent philosopher of Enlightenment philosophy: Immanuel Kant. In this lecture, we'll discuss the basic principles underlying Deontological Ethics (including an exp...
22 Aug 20252h 16min
The American Experiment
Professor Kozlowski finally reaches the American Experiment. Today we discuss the Declaration of Independence, several of the Federalist Papers (and the response by the mysterious "Brutus"), the Ameri...
20 Aug 20252h 27min
Montesquieu and Rousseau
Professor Kozlowski tackles the French Enlightenment with excerpts from Montesquieu and Rousseau. The first is an orderly, encyclopedic thinker trying to categorize and classify every element of polit...
19 Aug 20252h 13min
Hobbes and Locke
In a fit of spite, Professor Kozlowski condenses his discussion of landmark British political philosophers Hobbes and Locke - forerunners of the American constitution - into a single joint lecture. We...
17 Aug 20252h 8min
Machiavelli and the Muqaddimah
Professor Kozlowski ventures into the modern era of political philosophy with a look at two titans of early-Renaissance era political philosophy: Ibn Khaldun, the great Islamic historian and proto-soc...
15 Aug 20252h 9min
