Ch 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Schools of thought

Answer 1

Groups of theorists who share common ideas

Question 2

Natural law

Answer 2

A set of universal and immutable moral laws that are incribed in nature

Question 3

Positivism

Answer 3

In the context of human righs, this philosophy argues that consent is a fundamental precondition to the establishment of human rights norms

Question 4

Protestant Reformation

Answer 4

Martin Luther’s attempt to reform the Catholic Church that led to a schism within the church and the Protestant Sect.

Question 5

Magna Carta

Answer 5

Signed by King John of England in 1215, this document proclaimed certain rights inherent in individuals and declared the King himself was the subject of state laws

Question 6

Habeas Corpus

Answer 6

This Latin phrase refers to a legal action from arbitrary detention and allows those held in detention to be informed of the charges against them

Question 7

French Revolution

Answer 7

Violent political upheaval in France beginning in 1789, which replaced the monarchy system of government