Free Political Philosophy Courses

In a series of 18 dynamic audio & video lectures supplemented by downloadable documents, Professor J. Rufus Fears tells the story of how America's vision of freedom became a model for the entire world.

The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations--converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause--but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war.

This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period.

The world is comprised of regions—this basic contention, as old as Western civilization, is at once commonsensical and problematic.

This course explores main answers to the question, "When do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political theories of the Enlightenment.

We begin with hypotheses about how people develop political attitudes, and methods to test those hypotheses.

Sponsored by Steven Berger, this ten-lecture course features Thomas DiLorenzo, who presents an examination of key events in American History through the lenses of classical liberalism.

What is the purpose of government? Why should we have a State? What kind of State should we have?

This course examines the major traditions of East Asian thought in comparative perspective. Topics include Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and contemporary nationalist and East Asian political thought.

This course examines the roles that Magna Carta has played historically as well as the importance of Magna Carta today.