Description:How can people with different preferences agree on a common course of action? How can self-interested individuals be persuaded to cooperate rather than fight? Questions such as these have been addressed by concerned thinkers since the days of ancient Greece, and they are no less relevant today. From Plato to Machiavelli, Hobbes to Marx, history's great political philosophers and theorists have sought to make people see the world differently, to think about the order of things and the tenuous balance of forces that exists in society: self-interest versus public-interest, strong leadership versus free will, etc. In this illuminating course, Professor Joshua Kaplan explores the classic works of political theory, showing how they can reveal insights into where we came from, where we are now, and where we are going.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Codes of Power - Political Thought from Plato's Cave to Game Theory. To get started finding Codes of Power - Political Thought from Plato's Cave to Game Theory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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0
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
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Barnes & Noble
Release
2006
ISBN
076078521X
Codes of Power - Political Thought from Plato's Cave to Game Theory
Description: How can people with different preferences agree on a common course of action? How can self-interested individuals be persuaded to cooperate rather than fight? Questions such as these have been addressed by concerned thinkers since the days of ancient Greece, and they are no less relevant today. From Plato to Machiavelli, Hobbes to Marx, history's great political philosophers and theorists have sought to make people see the world differently, to think about the order of things and the tenuous balance of forces that exists in society: self-interest versus public-interest, strong leadership versus free will, etc. In this illuminating course, Professor Joshua Kaplan explores the classic works of political theory, showing how they can reveal insights into where we came from, where we are now, and where we are going.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Codes of Power - Political Thought from Plato's Cave to Game Theory. To get started finding Codes of Power - Political Thought from Plato's Cave to Game Theory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.