FYS 1237 - Justice, Fairness, and the Law

Credits: 4
How do we respond to situations of injustice in our ever-changing, violent, and volatile world? How do laws respond, protect and inhibit demands for justice? How do players in our criminal justice system perceive their roles and how do they attempt to create a more just society? Themes of justice and fairness, individual rights and claims of community, equality and inequality as well as morality and law will be studied through theories articulated by John Locke, Robert Nozick, John Rawls and Richard Posner and applied to debates and policies in current US culture.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding