The Theory and Practice of Republican Government
Harvard Core Curriculum: Moral Reasoning 74
Professor Daniel Carpenter
Department of Government
Announcements: [January
29, 2007]:
Papers and Assignments
First Paper Questions [pdf] First Paper due Monday, February 19th, 8PM. (Electronically no later than 8:31:00.)
Second Paper Questions [pdf] Second Paper due Monday, March 19th, 8PM. (Electronically no later than 8:31:00.)
Third Paper Questions [pdf] Third Paper due Monday, April 23rd, 8PM. (Electronically no later than 8:31:00.)
Fourth (Final) Paper Question [pdf] Third Paper due Monday, May 21st, at final examination.
Lecture Notes
Lecture 1 (
Lecture 2 (
Lecture 3 (
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Lecture 8 (February 27,
2007) – The Abolition and Re-Emergence of Institutions in Stuart England
[pdf]
Lecture 9 (March 1, 2007)
– The Philosophy of Institutional Form: Harrington and Locke [pdf]
Lecture 10 (March 6, 2007)
– The Reassertion of the English Constitution [pdf]
Lecture 11 (March 8, 2007)
– Montesquieu and the English Constitution [pdf]
Lecture 12 (March
13, 2007) – Montesquieu and Republican Arrangements [pdf]
Lecture 13 (March
15, 2007) – Montesquieu on Governance, Religion and Lawmaking [pdf]
Lecture 14 (March
20, 2007) – The American Revolution through the Lens of Republicanism I
[pdf]
Lecture 15 (March
22, 2007) – The American Revolution through the Lens of Republicanism II
[pdf]
Lecture 16 (April
3, 2007) – The American Founding – Repudiation of 1776 [pdf]
Lecture 17 (April
5, 2007) – The American Founding – Institutional Order [pdf]
Lecture 18 (April
10, 2007) – Two Visions of American Republicanism --
Lecture 19 (April
12, 2007) – Two Visions of American Republicanism --
Lecture 20 (April 17, 2007)
– The Progressive,
Corporate and Social Democratic Challenges to Republicanism I [pdf]
Lecture 21 (April
19, 2007) – The
Progressive, Corporate and Social Democratic Challenges to Republicanism II [pdf]
Lecture 22 (April 24, 2007)
– Challenges to
Republicanism: Plebiscitary Government and Libertarianism I [pdf]
Lecture 23 (April
26, 2007) – Challenges
to Republicanism: Plebiscitary Government and Libertarianism II [pdf]
Lecture 24 (May
1, 2007) – Contemporary Republican Visions I [pdf]
Lecture 25 (May
3, 2007) – Contemporary Republican Visions II and Conclusion [pdf]