Final 1 Flashcards
The goal of politics
Pursue justice and the common good
The goal of civics
To make you thoughtful responsible citizens
The definition of politics
The discipline of resolving conflict by persuasion rather than force
Definition of civics
Study of the duties and rights of citizenship
Plato’s view of justice
- Cephalus: speak truth, give what is owed
- Polymarchus: do good to friends, harm to enemies
- Thrasymachus: advantage of the stronger power
- Glaucon: advantage of the stronger party, balance of just and unjust in a social contract
- Socrates: doing ones duty faithfully
Plato’s five names
Cephalus Polymarchus Thrasymachus Glaucon Socrates
What is cephalus’ def of justice
Speak truth, give what is owed
Who’s def of justice: speak truth, give what is owed
Cephalus
Who’s def of justice: do good to friends, harm to enemies
Polymarchus
Polymarchus def of justice
Do good to friends, harm to enemies
Thrasymachus’s def of justice
Advantage of stronger power
Who’s def of justice: advantage of stronger power
Thrasymachus
Glaucon def of justice
Advantage of the stronger party, balance of just and unjust in a social contract
Who’s def of justice: Advantage of the stronger party, balance of just and unjust in a social contract
Glaucon
Socrates def of justice
Doing ones duty faithfully to obtain harmony
Who’s def of justice: Doing ones duty faithfully to obtain harmony
Socrates
Augustine’s def of justice
Love serving God only and therefore ruling well all else
The three laws
Positive law
Natural law
Eternal law
Positive law
Concrete law
Natural law
Moral knowledge nature and can universally by human reason
Eternal law
Gods law
Realpolitik
Practical politics concerned with what is effective vs what is moral
Practical politics concerned with what is effective vs what is moral
Realpolitik
6 states of Aristotle:
Monarchy: tyranny
Aristocracy: oligarchy
Constitution: democracy
St Augustine’s goal of politics
Pursue justice and the common good
What is St. Thomas aquinas’s main contribution to political thought
Natural law: we can live together in harmony
What are the three chief ideas of Thomas Hobbes
State of nature
Natural rights
Social contract
Orwell’s 6 solutions for bad rhetoric
- No figures of speech
2. No long words
When are we most human from a biblical perspective
When we emulate Christ(he was the emergency human)
When are we most human from an Aristotle perspective?
Engaged in politics (man is a political animal)
What are the four chief ideas of John Locke
Natural rights
Property
State of nature
Social contract
Thomas Hobbes def of state of nature
All are equal but in war to protect their own interest
Hobbes def of natural rights
The right or liberty to preserve ones own self
Hobbes def social contract
Agreement to mutually surrender rights to establish a peaceful society
According to Hobbes what is the natural state of humanity?
Life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
How does Locke differ on Hobbes idea of the natural state of humanity
Men live together according to reason
What is the highest priority for a leader according to Machiavelli
To maintain power, glory and honor
Better to be feared or loved
Feared bc it is most logical and you can control fear not love
