Course Objectives: Introducing the relationship between politics and ethics in various political concepts of modern western philosophy.

Course Topics: Kant – between moral politics and political ethics; Hegel – "Morality" and "Ethical Life"; Marx – critic of the state and morality as ideology; Popper – critic of Historicism; Marcuse – one dimensional society.

Method of Teaching: Lectures, guided reading and classroom discussion.

Literature: Selected chapters of the above philosophers' writings, inter alia: Kant, Perpetual Peace; Hegel, Philosophy of Right; Marx, The Manifesto of the Communist Party; Weber, Politics as Vocation. The bibliography will be distributed at the beginning of the semester.

Student Assignment: A classroom-exam.