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Political Philosophy Exam 2 Flashcards

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Whose works were followed during the European Dark Ages?

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Socrates

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Whose works were banned during the European Dark Ages?

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Aristotle

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What religion experienced significant growth during the European Dark Ages?

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Islam

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What did Islamic philosophers think about the physical world?

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God created the physical world so it must be woth studying

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Whose works were preserved and followed by early Islamic philosophers?

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Aristotle

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St. Thomas Aquinas was a ________ ?

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Naturalist

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What did Aquinas and Aristotle have in common?

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They were both Naturalists

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What was Aquinas’s idea that was similiar to Aristotle’s theoretical wisdom?

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Speculative Reason

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What is speculative reason?

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General truths and theories

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What was Aquinas’s idea that was similiar to Aristotle’s practical wisdom?

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Practical Reason

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What is Practical Reason?

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The ability to apply general priciples to specific situations.

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This law governed motion of the universe

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Eternal Law

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Most important law for humans, innate knowledge of right and wrong that god placed in us

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Natural Law

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what law cannot contradict natural law?

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Human Law

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law stated in bible or scriptures

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Divine Law

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Law designed to help humans when they are confused about natural law

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Divine Law

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Unlike Hobbes, Aquinas believes that?

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humans should be happy all the time

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What is the purpose of government according to Aquinas?

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to provide the common good

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Aquinas believes the best type of government should be based on?

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Aquinas believes the best type of government is?

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List the types of government in order from best to worst that Aquinas thinks shold be in power.

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  1. Monarchy
  2. Aristocracy
  3. Reresentative Democracy
  4. Direct Democracy
  5. Oligarchy
  6. Tyranny
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British Philosopher (1588-1679)

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Thomas Hobbes

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What was on the rise in Europe during Hobbes time?

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Nation States

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What was Hobbes’s view on human nature?

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Humans act on our self interest only

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Hobbes's view on the state of nature?
life is poor, nasty, brutish, and short; war of all agaist all
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Hobbes's thought that humans in the state of nature would eventually get together and form a social contract because
people would realize that the state of nature was not in anybody's self interest
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What does the sovereign do?
Makes, enforces and judges the law.
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British Philosopher (1632-1704)
John Locke
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What was the divine right of kings?
The idea that kings and queens developed laws through god
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What philosopher wanted to get rid of the divine rights of kings?
Locke
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Locke believes that God gave everyone______?
Natural Rights
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______ believed that when humans labored upon nature________?
Hobbes, that became private property.
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Locke believed that Private property was a ______ _______ from god?
Natural Right
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What did Locke think the pupose of government was?
A social contract with people to protect private property
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What did Locke think the best type of government was?
Representative democracy
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Hobbes and Aquinas share this idea_______
Natural rights
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French Philosopher (1712-1778)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Who wrote the book " The Social Contract"
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains
quote from Rousseau, social contract
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This philosopher is against Aristotle's idea of slavery by nature
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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What did Rousseau think about the state of nature
Can be a good place, Native Americans were able to enjoy it.
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Rousseau believed that the only reason for the social contract was
Overpopulation
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Rousseau disagreed with _______ about the idea of ________
Hobbes, Self Interest
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What Philosopher believes that humans can rise of self interest.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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What type of governmnet does Rousseau believe is best with small population?
Direct Democracy
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What type of governmnet does Rousseau believe is best with large population?
Representative Democracy

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