Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Define ‘the Enlightenment’
• Outline the aims and objectives of moral philosophy
• Explain the interconnection between morality, freedom and autonomy
• Outline Hegel’s conception of freedom
• List his major works
• Contrast civil society with the state
• Define the concept of ‘alienation’
• Discuss exploitation in reference to Marx’s idea of the proletariat
• Define ‘utilitarianism’
• Relate utilitarianism to liberty
• Analyze Mill’s views on representative government