Test 2 Flashcards
What is the city of God
The city of God is the eternal kingdom with all those who believe in Christ but is imperfectly shown as the church on earth
What is the city of man?
The city of man is every earthly society: wealth, comfort, pleasure
What are the three types of laws by aquinas?
- Eternal law
- Natural law
- Positive law
Augustine’s def of justice
Justice is love serving God only, and therefore ruling well all else
Aquinas’ def of natural law
Moral knowledge that is inherent in human nature and can be universally understood thru human reason
What does natural law enable humanity to do
Humans participate in eternal law
Define realpolitik
Practical politics concerned with what is effective vs what is moral
Hobbes: state of nature
All are equal, but in a state of war in order to protect
Hobbes: natural rights
The right or liberty to preserve one’s own self
Hobbes : social contract
Agreement to mutually surrender rights to establish a peaceful society
4 problems in modern rhetoric for Orwell
Dying metaphors
Operators or verbal glade limbs
Pretentious diction
Meaningless words
Natural state of man
The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
What is the fundamental drive for humanity
Not to die
