Poli Sci Flashcards
Greek philosophers who believed that politics was a practical science and would result in political order which would ultimately ensure max justice and stability.
A. Aristotle and Plato
B. St. Thomas Aquinas
C. Hume and Bentham
D. Montesquieu and Rousseau
Aristotle and Plato
Helped lay the idea of modern constitutionalism (theory that states that government is limited by law) and elaborated on Aristotle’s theories and adopted them into Christianity.
A. Aristotle and Plato
B. St. Thomas Aquinas
C. Hume and Bentham
D. Montesquieu and Rousseau
St. Thomas Aquinas
What is the theory that states govt is limited by law?
Modern constitutionalism
Who was a famous politician and writer from Florence, Italy and disregarded ideals of Christianity in favor of realistic power politics?
A. Machiavelli
B. St. Thomas Aquinas
C. Hume and Bentham
D. Montesquieu and Rousseau
Machiavelli
Who were proponents of the idea of liberalism–willingness to change ideas, policies, and proposals to solve current problems and the belief of individual rights?
A. Machiavelli
B. St. Thomas Aquinas
C. Hume and Bentham
D. Montesquieu and Rousseau
Montesquieu and Rousseau
Rousseau wrote what important and most studied work in 1762?
The Social Contract
What two people believed that “the greatest happiness of the greatest number was the goal of politics”?
A. Machiavelli
B. St. Thomas Aquinas
C. Hume and Bentham
D. Montesquieu and Rousseau
C. Hume and Bentham
Who pioneered the term “empiricism,” which is the theory that things should be believed only when one has seen the proof with their own eyes?
A. Bentham
B. Machiavelli
C. Montesquieu
D. Hume
Hume
Who was a progressive British philosopher and economist whose ideas came close to socialism? He also advocated for emancipation of labor organizations, women, and farming co-ops.
A. Bentham
B. Machiavelli
C. Montesquieu
D. John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
