FYS 1282 - Anarchy and Freedom

Credits: 4
Do we really need a government? All of us have grown up under the authority of a government, which claims the right to make and enforce laws. Many of us tend to take the government’s existence for granted and believe it keeps us safe. But the government’s failure to prevent a wide variety of harms challenges this belief: police brutality; environmental degradation; poverty and inequality; imperialism and colonialism; mass incarceration. Does a government genuinely protect us and our rights? Are we more free under the protection of a government than without it? And if not, what are the alternatives?
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis