本課程介紹西洋政治思想的核心與演變，期望讓學習者瞭解不同價值，進而產生具有深度的討論。上學期的討論重點在於希臘，文藝復興時期的義大利，以及社會契約。這學期重點在於自由主義，全意志，以及社會民主。首先，盧梭亟言自由可貴，不容他人將其意志強加己身。黑格爾和馬克思都受到他的影響，以融入群體做為體現自由的前提。柏克不反對這種說法，但是反對革命隱含的浪漫主義。其次要討論功利主義及其修正，以格林「自由立法」和「社會立法」的正當性探討做為結尾。

This course introduces the core and evolution of Western political thought, hoping to allow learners to understand different values ​​and thus produce in-depth discussions. The discussions during the last year focused on Greece, Italy during the period of literary rejuvenation, and social contracts. The focus of this period is on liberalism, full will, and social democracy. First of all, Lu Suo urgently said that freedom is expensive and that others cannot strengthen their will. Hegel and Marx were both influenced by him to integrate into the group as the premise of freedom. Burke does not object to this statement, but to the romanticism implicated by the revolution. Secondly, we should discuss utilitarianism and its amendments, and end with the correctness of Greene's "free legislation" and "social legislation".

本課程介紹西洋政治思想的核心與演變。由於思想是瞭解現象的基礎，本課程介紹西方政治思想的歷史發展，期望讓學習者瞭解不同價值，進而產生具有深度的討論。重點在於自由主義，並且就民主政治理論做深入探討。

This course introduces the core and evolution of Western political thought. Since thought is the basis for understanding phenomena, this course introduces the historical development of Western political thought, hoping to allow learners to understand different values ​​and thus produce in-depth discussions. The focus is on liberalism and in-depth exploration of democratic political theories.

胡祖慶，西洋政治思想史，（台北：雙葉），2012.

Hu Zuqing, History of Western Political Thought, (Taipei: Double Ye), 2012.