POLS 100 - Power and Influence

4 Credit(s)

Gen Ed: FC & PI credit.
Explores the nature of justice and the content of the good life by focusing on phenomena of power, influence, and authority. More specifically, students are introduced to fundamental questions competing answers about the nature of power, influence, authority, interests, freedom, rights, coercion, manipulation, culture and persuasion. Students also examine possible methods of discerning the existence of power via reasoning, observation, and measurement. Finally, students study some of the basics of critical thinking, with a focus on how to evaluate arguments.