Exam 8: Social and Political Philosophy

Rousseau was a social contract theorist.

Which two needs does Hobbes believes drive human action?

Plato believed that individuals were naturally equal.

Who said that the state was "prior to the individual"?

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke agree that

Which of the following philosophers argued that the individual will develop fully only if he embraces the cultural practices of the state of which he is a member?

Three of the communitarians discussed in this chapter were

Hume believed that everyone was equal.

____________________ ____________________ favor limited government.

The view that in a just society everyone will be given equal shares of burdens and benefits is

Leviathan was written by ____________________.

____________________ argues that people should realize their human potential through productive work that exercises their capacities.

Hobbes based his political philosophy on the principles of ____________________ ____________________.

According to Nozick,what sort of theory of justice does Rawls develop?

Mill's central concern in On Liberty is the freedom of the ____________________.

What assumptions about human nature does Rawls make in developing his theory of justice using the artifice of the original position? Do you think that these assumptions are justified,or not? If so,do you think that the principles of justice that Rawls develops are binding on persons who were not in the original position (i.e.,us)? Why,or why not? If not,do you think that the inadequacy of these assumptions undercut Rawls' views? Explain and justify your answer.

God's decrees for the governance of the universe was termed by Aquinas divine or ____________________ law.

Only governments can conduct wars.

Hobbes believed that the authority of the state was justified.

Do you believe that liberty is always a good thing for people to have,or not? Explain your answer,and outline what sort of a state it might lead you to endorse.