The reading list is divided into three parts:

(1) CP4 students are expected to know the readings assigned for the two-part proseminar they have taken.

(2) Students should have studied a good text in (a) moral theory, (b) political theory, (c) public choice theory, and (d) policy analysis. We recommend the following texts:

         James Rachels, Elements of Moral Philosophy , 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill)
         Jean Hampton, Political Philosophy (Westview)
         Dennis Mueller, Public Choice II (Cambridge)
             or Kenneth Schepsle and Mark Boncheck, Analyzing Politics (Norton)
         Edith Stokey and Richard Zeckhauser, A Primer of Policy Analysis (Norton)

In addition, they should have a copy of (e) Roger Scruton's Dictionary of Political Thought (Hill & Wang).

(3) Students should be acquainted with a number of works that are considered classics in the field:

- Plato, The Republic
- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics and Politics
- Robert Dahl, Democracy and its Critics or Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy
- Alexander Hamilton et al., The Federalist Papers
- Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
- Albert Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
- John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism and On Liberty
- Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia
- John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract
- J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams, Utilitarianism: For and Against
- Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars