Philosophy 290-7

Spring 2026

Number Title Instructor Days/time Room
290-7 Graduate Seminar: Authority and Its Problems Viehoff W 2-4 Philosophy 234

This seminar focuses on three closely related topics central to political and social philosophy: the nature and justification of practical authority; what (if anything) makes authority relations morally problematic; and paternalism. We will discuss work by Enoch, Quong, Raz, Ripstein, Shiffrin, Tadros, and others.