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PO382 Full Lecture Notes
Full lecture notes for PO382 Vigilant State - The Politics of Intelligence. Topics covered:
- Intelligence collection
- Intelligence analysis
- Politicisation
- Producer-consumer linkage
- Intelligence liaison
- 9/11
- Iraq and WMD
- Intelligence failure
- Counterterrorism
- Future of intelligence
- Tyranny and authoritarianism
- Accountability and oversight
- Civil rights
- Espionage
- Torture and assassination
- Deception
- Covert action
- Spying for peace
- Globalisation
- Class notes
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Full lecture notes for PO382 Vigilant State - The Politics of Intelligence. Topics covered:
- Intelligence collection
- Intelligence analysis
- Politicisation
- Producer-consumer linkage
- Intelligence liaison
- 9/11
- Iraq and WMD
- Intelligence failure
- Counterterrorism
- Future of intelligence
- Tyranny and authoritarianism
- Accountability and oversight
- Civil rights
- Espionage
- Torture and assassination
- Deception
- Covert action
- Spying for peace
- Globalisation
PO382 Essay - Ticking Bomb Scenario and Torture
This essay examines the usefulness of the ‘ticking bomb scenario’ (henceforth TBS) in determining whether torture should be used for intelligence purposes. It draws on epistemological and strategic analyses, as well as recent intelligence history, to argue that using the TBS to debate torture is not only futile, but actively counterproductive, and of little relevance to the moral, consequential or legal debates on torture. Part One situates torture within the liberal discourse and introduces...
- Essay
- • 14 pages •
This essay examines the usefulness of the ‘ticking bomb scenario’ (henceforth TBS) in determining whether torture should be used for intelligence purposes. It draws on epistemological and strategic analyses, as well as recent intelligence history, to argue that using the TBS to debate torture is not only futile, but actively counterproductive, and of little relevance to the moral, consequential or legal debates on torture. Part One situates torture within the liberal discourse and introduces...
PO382 Revision Notes - Covert Action
Revision notes on Covert Action for Vigilant State. Topics covered:
- Why study covert action?
- Definitions
- Risks, drawbacks and dilemmas
- Morality
- Measurement
- Culture and Propaganda
- CIA and covert action
- A range of literature summaries (including Saunders, Koch, Lucas, Wilford, Laville, Aldrich, Paget)
- Package deal
- Class notes
- • 14 pages •
Revision notes on Covert Action for Vigilant State. Topics covered:
- Why study covert action?
- Definitions
- Risks, drawbacks and dilemmas
- Morality
- Measurement
- Culture and Propaganda
- CIA and covert action
- A range of literature summaries (including Saunders, Koch, Lucas, Wilford, Laville, Aldrich, Paget)
PO382 Revision Notes - Accountability
Revision notes on Accountability and Oversight for Vigilant State. Topics covered:
- Accountability
- Intelligence and Security Committee
- Globalisation
- Oversight
- International Oversight
- Package deal
- Class notes
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Revision notes on Accountability and Oversight for Vigilant State. Topics covered:
- Accountability
- Intelligence and Security Committee
- Globalisation
- Oversight
- International Oversight
PO301 Revision Notes - Non-Human Animals
Revision notes on Non-Human Animals in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Moral Status and Justice Status
- Zoocentrism
- Welfarism
- Subject-centrism
- Meat eating and farming
- Singer: Preference Utilitarianism
- Regan: Subjects-of-a-life
- Package deal
- Class notes
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Revision notes on Non-Human Animals in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Moral Status and Justice Status
- Zoocentrism
- Welfarism
- Subject-centrism
- Meat eating and farming
- Singer: Preference Utilitarianism
- Regan: Subjects-of-a-life
PO301 Issues in Political Theory - Revision Notes
Compilation of revision notes for Issues in Political Theory. Topics included:
- Environmental Justice
- Legitimacy and Democracy
- Non-Human Animals and Animal Rights
- Political Obligation and Consent
- Package deal
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- PO301 Revision Notes - Political Obligation and Consent • Class notes
- PO301 Revision Notes - Non-Human Animals • Class notes
- PO301 Revision Notes - Legitimacy and Democracy • Class notes
- PO301 Revision Notes - Environmental Justice • Class notes
Compilation of revision notes for Issues in Political Theory. Topics included:
- Environmental Justice
- Legitimacy and Democracy
- Non-Human Animals and Animal Rights
- Political Obligation and Consent
PO301 Lecture Notes
Full lecture notes for the module Issue in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Rawls and Nozick
- Cohen and Dworkin
- Equality and sufficiency
- Desert and liberty
- Democracy and legitimacy
- Meritocracy
- Education
- Environmental justice
- Gender justice
- Immigration
- Assimilation and cultural diversity
- Political obligation
- Non-human animals and animal rights
- Class notes
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Full lecture notes for the module Issue in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Rawls and Nozick
- Cohen and Dworkin
- Equality and sufficiency
- Desert and liberty
- Democracy and legitimacy
- Meritocracy
- Education
- Environmental justice
- Gender justice
- Immigration
- Assimilation and cultural diversity
- Political obligation
- Non-human animals and animal rights
PO301 Essay - Migration and Freedom of Movement
This essay argues that a liberal democratic state in a bordered world does not have the right to prevent would-be immigrants from entering it. Part One rejects three arguments put forward in justification of a right to exclude when accounting for the moral arbitrariness of being born within a state, and the historical injustices implicit therein. First, Blake and Miller’s theory of exclusion on the basis of national obligations; second, Wellman’s self-determination argument; and third, Pevni...
- Essay
- • 12 pages •
This essay argues that a liberal democratic state in a bordered world does not have the right to prevent would-be immigrants from entering it. Part One rejects three arguments put forward in justification of a right to exclude when accounting for the moral arbitrariness of being born within a state, and the historical injustices implicit therein. First, Blake and Miller’s theory of exclusion on the basis of national obligations; second, Wellman’s self-determination argument; and third, Pevni...
PO301 Revision Notes - Environmental Justice
Revision notes on Environmental Justice in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Distributive justice
- Anthropocentrism
- Zoocentrism
- Biocentrism
- Atomistic eco-centrism
- Climate change
- Intergenerational justice
- Carbon emissions and burden-sharing
- Polluter Pays Principle
- Beneficiary Pays Principle
- Ability to Pay Principle
- Futurity puzzle
- Non-identity problem
- Package deal
- Class notes
- • 6 pages •
Revision notes on Environmental Justice in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Distributive justice
- Anthropocentrism
- Zoocentrism
- Biocentrism
- Atomistic eco-centrism
- Climate change
- Intergenerational justice
- Carbon emissions and burden-sharing
- Polluter Pays Principle
- Beneficiary Pays Principle
- Ability to Pay Principle
- Futurity puzzle
- Non-identity problem
PO301 Revision Notes - Legitimacy and Democracy
Revision notes on Legitimacy and Democracy in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Legitimacy
- Democracy
- Authority
- Intrinsic and instrumental view of democracy
- Procedural democracy
- Democratic equality
- Social choice theory
- Epistocracy
- Publicity and representation
- Judicial review
- Rational proceduralism
- Package deal
- Class notes
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Revision notes on Legitimacy and Democracy in Political Theory. Topics covered:
- Legitimacy
- Democracy
- Authority
- Intrinsic and instrumental view of democracy
- Procedural democracy
- Democratic equality
- Social choice theory
- Epistocracy
- Publicity and representation
- Judicial review
- Rational proceduralism
EC230 Money and Banking Full Revision Notes
PO230 States and Markets - Full Lecture Notes
EC230 Money and Banking Full Revision Notes
PO230 States and Markets - Full Lecture Notes
IB History HL Internal Assessment (23/25) - Spanish Civil War