PAC Exam 2 Flashcards
What was the title of Tocqueville’s piece?
Democracy in America
French political philosopher who did a tour of America and gave his perspective on democracy
Tocqueville
Believed the strengths of America were: popular sovereignty, civic associations and religion, individualism, equality, and liberty
Tocqueville
love of equality is the most prominent feature of American democracy, the benefits of equality are more obvious than the benefits of liberty; ideally equality and liberty need to be balanced; the goal is to be equal and free
Tocqueville
What piece did Niebuhr write?
Christ and Culture
Believed Christ was crucified and raised from the dead, Christians accept him as their authority; Culture is the social life of humanity, the environment created by humans
Niebuhr
Niebuhr’s three ways in which Christians seek to live under Christ while being in culture
- Opposition to culture (Christ against culture)
- Agreement between Christ and Culture (Christ of culture)
- Combinations that incorporates insights from both views (Christ above culture)
What piece did Wells write?
The Courage to be a Protestant
What were Wells main points?
- critique of the modernized world and individualism
- postmodernism is characterized by skepticism, subjectivism, and suspicion of reason
- culture has turned away from meaning and objective truth
- the center is lost: no purpose to life, no absolute truth, God dies we die
What piece did Postman write?
Amusing Ourselves to Death
What piece did Woodrow Wilson write?
The New Freedom
What were Wilson’s main points in the New Freedom?
- progressives want to escape the American founding
- advocacy for more expansive government and regulation of markets
- state is increasingly seen as an agent for improvising human welfare
- the president should lead the movement
- government laws are “living” and need to change to adapt
What piece did Franklin Roosevelt write?
State of the Union Message to Congress
What did Roosevelt call for?
A New Deal (program to bring positive end)
What were some of Roosevelt’s main points?
- social justice calls for bigger government to help those who have been affected by the depression
- negative rights keep the government away but positive rights are needed to ensure more equality in society
- economic bill of rights: right to jobs, food, decent home, healthcare, etc.
What did Stanton write?
Declaration of Moral Sentiments
What was the Declaration of Moral Sentiments?
1848 document outlining the rights women should be entitled to as citizens; based on the Declaration of Independence, asserts the equality of men and women; facts illustration oppression: lack of property rights, lack of education, etc.
What did Friedan write?
The National Organization for Women’s 1966 Statement of Purpose
What was the National Organization for Women’s 1966 Statement of Purpose?
- Second wave of feminism, more of a shift to equality of outcome
- shift from focus on legal and political rights to focus on concerns about sexuality, narrowing the wage gap, healthcare, etc.
What did Ronald Reagan write?
A Time for Choosing
What does A Time for Choosing outline?
- advocates for popular sovereignty and smaller government
- expanding and over centralized government is a problem
- need of a free and competitive market
- taxes are too high and are wasteful
- strong US leadership in foreign affairs
What did Kirk write?
Ten Conservative Principles
Conservatives believe in a fixed moral order; human nature is permanent and moral truths are constant; stay with principles of convention, continuity, and custom; look at what has stood the test of time, change can be necessary
Kir’s Ten Conservative Principles
What piece did Murray N. Rothbard write?
For a New Liberty