key words

Question 1

atomism

Answer 1

the idea that society is made up of self-interested and self-sufficient individuals

Question 2

autocratic state

Answer 2

a state that is ruled by a single person with unlimited power

Question 3

altruism

Answer 3

concern for the interest and welfare of others based on a belief that humans are social beings with a capacity for social solidarity

Question 4

anti-permissiveness

Answer 4

a rejection of permissiveness, which is the belief that people should make their own moral choices

Question 5

empiricism

Answer 5

the idea that knowledge comes from real experience and not from abstract theories

Question 6

belligerent

Answer 6

hostile and agressive

Question 7

arbitrary state

Answer 7

state with unrestrained and uncontrolled power

Question 8

egalitarian

Answer 8

all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

Question 9

aristocracy

Answer 9

a state in which governing power is held by the nobility

Question 10

empirical

Answer 10

based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

Question 11

fundamentalist

Answer 11

advocating the strict, literal interpretation of scripture