Alan Charles Kors

ASSIGNMENTS, WEEK OF:

9/14 Introductory

9/21 W. von Humbolt, The Limits of State Action, pp. 1-147

9/28 Mary Wollstonecroft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women (entire)

10/5 No class (away for a scholarly conference). There's a long reading due on 10/12, so use this week to prepare.

10/12 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty and Other Writings, 1-93, 117-217

10/19 Frederic Bastiat, The Law (entire), and Lysander Spooner, The Lysander Spooner Reader, 22-52, 77-130

10/26 Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism: The Classical Tradition, "Preface," and 1-104

11/2 F.A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (entire)

11/9 Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, vi-ix, 1-55, 85-136, 161-202

11/16 F.A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit, 5-119, 135-140

11/23 P.J. O'Rourke, Parliament of Whores, 1-105, 221-233

11/30 Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies (entire)

12/7 Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (entire) -- It's LONG; start reading early in the semester.

EXAMS/PAPERS/GRADES: This is a discussion and writing seminar. 50% of your grade will be determined by your ongoing, informed participation in class discussions; 50% of your grade will be determined by a 10-15 page paper. The paper is due no later than Tuesday, December 14, at 5:00 PM (in my mailbox or under my door).

[Note from Virginia Postrel: Links may not be to the same editions used in this class, so page numbers may not match.]