Question 1

Which of the following said that "the primary obligation of man is autonomy,the refusal to be ruled"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato 
B)  Mohandas Gandhi 
C)  Robert Paul Wolff 
D)  John Stuart Mill 
A)  Plato 
B)  Mohandas Gandhi 
C)  Robert Paul Wolff 
D)  John Stuart Mill

Question 2

Robert Paul Wolff argues that governmental authority and individual autonomy are compatible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

When Thomas Aquinas speaks about the "natural law," he is referring to

Accepted Answer

A)  the collection of physical laws such as gravity. 
B)  morality that is based on culture and human conventions. 
C)  an objective moral law that is discovered through reason and experience. 
D)  those behaviors that are natural to animals but which are opposed to human morality. 
A)  the collection of physical laws such as gravity. 
B)  morality that is based on culture and human conventions. 
C)  an objective moral law that is discovered through reason and experience. 
D)  those behaviors that are natural to animals but which are opposed to human morality.

Question 4

Socrates argues against civil disobedience by saying

Accepted Answer

A)  one should never do evil in return for evil. 
B)  the laws of his society nurtured and educated him. 
C)  he is the victim of unjust men,not unjust laws. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  one should never do evil in return for evil. 
B)  the laws of his society nurtured and educated him. 
C)  he is the victim of unjust men,not unjust laws. 
D)  all of the above

Question 5

Which of the following said,"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Paul Wolff 
B)  John Stuart Mill 
C)  Martin Luther King,Jr. 
D)  Karl Marx 
A)  Robert Paul Wolff 
B)  John Stuart Mill 
C)  Martin Luther King,Jr. 
D)  Karl Marx

Question 6

Mohandas Gandhi used civil disobedience for which of the following causes?

Accepted Answer

A)  to have the right to practice his religion 
B)  to free India from British rule 
C)  to provide just wages for the factory workers 
D)  to be able to freely travel outside his country 
A)  to have the right to practice his religion 
B)  to free India from British rule 
C)  to provide just wages for the factory workers 
D)  to be able to freely travel outside his country

Question 7

Which of the following was an advocate of a meritocracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato. 
B)  Thomas Aquinas. 
C)  John Stuart Mill. 
D)  John Rawls. 
A)  Plato. 
B)  Thomas Aquinas. 
C)  John Stuart Mill. 
D)  John Rawls.

Question 8

The issue of the justification of the government's authority has to do with whether the government has the power to enforce its rules.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss Robert Paul Wolff's reasons for saying that the commands of the government are never legitimate.Why does he go on to say that it is sometimes necessary to comply with the law? Give your own assessment of his arguments against governmental authority.

Accepted Answer

Robert Paul Wolff argues that the comman

Question 10

According to Thomas Aquinas,what is the natural law and what role does it play in his theory of justice?

Accepted Answer

According to Thomas Aquinas, natural law

Question 11

What is capitalism and why was Marx so opposed to it? What does he think is the future of capitalism?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is an economic system in whic

Question 12

"The veil of ignorance" is John Rawls's term for the situation of those who lack philosophical reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Marx,the three components in the process of history are

Accepted Answer

A)  illusion,disillusionment,acceptance. 
B)  the religious stage,the scientific stage,communism. 
C)  state of nature,social contract,government. 
D)  thesis,antithesis,synthesis. 
A)  illusion,disillusionment,acceptance. 
B)  the religious stage,the scientific stage,communism. 
C)  state of nature,social contract,government. 
D)  thesis,antithesis,synthesis.

Question 14

Which of the following philosophers was very influential on Marx?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato 
B)  John Locke 
C)  John Rawls 
D)  Georg Hegel 
A)  Plato 
B)  John Locke 
C)  John Rawls 
D)  Georg Hegel

Question 15

Explain Karl Marx's theory of history.Include in your discussion the answers to the following questions: What is the fundamental,driving force in history? What role does philosophy play or not play in history? Why does Marx believe that the direction of history is predictable?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx's theory of history is based o

Question 16

The belief that the government has no legitimate authority,even though it may be necessary to tolerate government for practical reasons,is called

Accepted Answer

A)  naive anarchism. 
B)  theoretical anarchism. 
C)  militant anarchism. 
D)  Platonic anarchism. 
A)  naive anarchism. 
B)  theoretical anarchism. 
C)  militant anarchism. 
D)  Platonic anarchism.

Which of the following said that "the primary obligation of man is autonomy,the refusal to be ruled"?

Robert Paul Wolff argues that governmental authority and individual autonomy are compatible.

When Thomas Aquinas speaks about the "natural law," he is referring to

Socrates argues against civil disobedience by saying

Which of the following said,"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas"?

Mohandas Gandhi used civil disobedience for which of the following causes?

Which of the following was an advocate of a meritocracy?

The issue of the justification of the government's authority has to do with whether the government has the power to enforce its rules.

Discuss Robert Paul Wolff's reasons for saying that the commands of the government are never legitimate.Why does he go on to say that it is sometimes necessary to comply with the law? Give your own assessment of his arguments against governmental authority.

According to Thomas Aquinas,what is the natural law and what role does it play in his theory of justice?

What is capitalism and why was Marx so opposed to it? What does he think is the future of capitalism?

"The veil of ignorance" is John Rawls's term for the situation of those who lack philosophical reason.

According to Marx,the three components in the process of history are

Which of the following philosophers was very influential on Marx?

Explain Karl Marx's theory of history.Include in your discussion the answers to the following questions: What is the fundamental,driving force in history? What role does philosophy play or not play in history? Why does Marx believe that the direction of history is predictable?

The belief that the government has no legitimate authority,even though it may be necessary to tolerate government for practical reasons,is called

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Which of the following said that "the primary obligation of man is autonomy,the refusal to be ruled"?

Robert Paul Wolff argues that governmental authority and individual autonomy are compatible.

When Thomas Aquinas speaks about the "natural law," he is referring to

Socrates argues against civil disobedience by saying

Which of the following said,"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas"?

Mohandas Gandhi used civil disobedience for which of the following causes?

Which of the following was an advocate of a meritocracy?

The issue of the justification of the government's authority has to do with whether the government has the power to enforce its rules.

Discuss Robert Paul Wolff's reasons for saying that the commands of the government are never legitimate.Why does he go on to say that it is sometimes necessary to comply with the law? Give your own assessment of his arguments against governmental authority.

According to Thomas Aquinas,what is the natural law and what role does it play in his theory of justice?

What is capitalism and why was Marx so opposed to it? What does he think is the future of capitalism?

"The veil of ignorance" is John Rawls's term for the situation of those who lack philosophical reason.

According to Marx,the three components in the process of history are

Which of the following philosophers was very influential on Marx?

Explain Karl Marx's theory of history.Include in your discussion the answers to the following questions: What is the fundamental,driving force in history? What role does philosophy play or not play in history? Why does Marx believe that the direction of history is predictable?

The belief that the government has no legitimate authority,even though it may be necessary to tolerate government for practical reasons,is called

Introduction To The Philosophical Journey

The Search for Ultimate Reality

The Search For Knowledge

The Search for God

The Search for Ethical Values

Philosophy and the Meaning of Life

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