"The Development of Ancient Political Thought"

"Citizens out to be free to ignore society's laws whenever their conscience dictates." Discuss critically using Sophocles' Antigone and any number of Platonic dialogues, especially Crito.

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it." John Stuart Mill, On Liberty. Discuss critically using any of the authors from the course. (Thought Plato would be quite useful here).

In his Open Society and Is Enemies, Sir Karl Popper notes that

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