This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. This course is capped at two groups.
This course is available on the BSc in Government, BSc in Government and Economics, BSc in Government and History, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. This course is capped at two groups.
This course provides a combination of classes and lectures totalling 25 hours in MT. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus lectures and classes. There will be a reading week in Week 6.
One team-work assignment.
Kucharski, Adam. 2020. The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop. London: Profile. Mitchell, Sandra D. 2009. Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Allen, Danielle, Lucas Stanczyk, I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Rajiv Sethi, Glen Weyl, and Rosa Brooks. n.d. ?Securing Justice, Health, and Democracy against the COVID-19 Threat.? Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard. https://ethics.harvard.edu/justice-health-white-paper. Barry, Christian and Seth Lazar. ?Justifying Lockdown.? 2020. Ethics & International Affairs (blog). May 22, 2020. https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2020/justifying-lockdown/.
Essay (80%, 2500 words) in the LT. Blog post (20%) in the MT. The blog post/wiki entry (500 words) is to be submitted in the MT, and the essay (2500 words) is to be submitted at the beginning of the LT.