Question 1

To bind a group of people together into a state, a social contract doesn't have to:

Accepted Answer

A)  be voluntary. 
B)  be unanimously agreed to. 
C)  be explicitly consented to. 
D)  include a surrender of individual rights to the state. 
E)  Neither C nor D 
A)  be voluntary. 
B)  be unanimously agreed to. 
C)  be explicitly consented to. 
D)  include a surrender of individual rights to the state. 
E)  Neither C nor D

Question 2

Mill wrote that the claim that economics is a science rests upon the assumption that:

Accepted Answer

A)  custom habit plays an important role in economic behavior. 
B)  economic behavior is determined entirely by competition. 
C)  capitalism and utilitarianism are compatible. 
D)  happiness is identical with pleasure. 
E)  pleasures differ in quantity, but not quality. 
A)  custom habit plays an important role in economic behavior. 
B)  economic behavior is determined entirely by competition. 
C)  capitalism and utilitarianism are compatible. 
D)  happiness is identical with pleasure. 
E)  pleasures differ in quantity, but not quality.

Question 3

Rousseau emphasizes property ownership as a means of participating in the social contract.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The distinction between the ruling class and the underclass:

Accepted Answer

A)  exists only under an industrial system of production. 
B)  eventually disappears, even in a capitalist system. 
C)  is eliminated by laissez-faire capitalism. 
D)  did not exist under feudalism. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  exists only under an industrial system of production. 
B)  eventually disappears, even in a capitalist system. 
C)  is eliminated by laissez-faire capitalism. 
D)  did not exist under feudalism. 
E)  None of the above

Question 5

James Mill was in sharp disagreement with the Philosophical Radicals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Alienation, according to Marx, is the condition of being at war with:

Accepted Answer

A)  one's own nature. 
B)  one's fellow laborers. 
C)  the products of one's labor. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above 
A)  one's own nature. 
B)  one's fellow laborers. 
C)  the products of one's labor. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above

To bind a group of people together into a state, a social contract doesn't have to:

Mill wrote that the claim that economics is a science rests upon the assumption that:

Rousseau emphasizes property ownership as a means of participating in the social contract.

The distinction between the ruling class and the underclass:

James Mill was in sharp disagreement with the Philosophical Radicals.

Alienation, according to Marx, is the condition of being at war with:

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Exam 6: Social and Political Philosophy

To bind a group of people together into a state, a social contract doesn't have to:

Mill wrote that the claim that economics is a science rests upon the assumption that:

Rousseau emphasizes property ownership as a means of participating in the social contract.

The distinction between the ruling class and the underclass:

James Mill was in sharp disagreement with the Philosophical Radicals.

Alienation, according to Marx, is the condition of being at war with:

What Is Philosophy

Theory of Knowledge

Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Science

Ethical Theory

Philosophy of Art

Philosophy of Religion

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