Taylor

1. Opposition to homosexual marriage in the United States derives from a fear that such marriages will ultimately undermine patriarchal power. Our society is not liberal at all, but instead derives its legitimacy from a social contract that is originally based on sexual domination. Please write an essay evaluating this statement paying close attention to contract theorists and their critics.

2. “ ‘Republicanism’ has been revived as a modern ideology. Disillusion with classical liberalism, because it has led to unrestrained capitalism, and with Marxism, because it has resulted in political tyranny, has created a vogue for a ‘republican’ philosophy, with a commitment to effective legal restraints on the executive, an active ideal of participatory citizenship, and a belief that the collective good should take priority over private interest. Thus defined, ‘republicanism’ appears to be an attractive, nonsocialist alternative to capitalism and globalization.”

Keith Thomas. “Politics: Looking