Political Philosophy Questions
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According to New Spirituality starts with what/who?
According to secularists, humans will eventually evolve into what?
According to Locke, where do your rights come from?
According to Locke, in a state of nature, what natural rights does everyone posses?
According to Locke, in a state of nature what will some of the strong people do to the weak people and what will the weak people do to the strong.
What are three "wants" in the state of nature that make men leave the state of nature to form societies
(Q3) Explain and critically discusses the idea of equality and its role in social and political philosophy. Discuss at least three thinkers studied during the semester.
Mill's central question in On Liberty (focused on autonomy, the individual, argues are consequentialist, finds one's own path, and liberty).
"The Grand Inquisitor," from The Brothers Karamazov (1880)
Considerations on Representative Government (1861)
"Liberty," from Political Philosophy: A Beginners' Guide (2001)
"Democracy: Instrumental vs. Non-Instrumental Value" (2009)
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchic Tendencies of Modern Democracy (1911)
According to Rutherford, when in history was the first political ruler established?
According to Rutherford, how can a bunch of sovereignty-less individuals create a civil government possessing sovereignty? (distinction between suarez and ruthorford)
And therefore if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies; and in the way to their End, . . . endeavor to destroy, or subdue one another. [Hence, life in the state of nature is] . . . nasty, brutish, and short.Hobbes calls life in the state of nature "nasty, brutish, and short," because
When legislators (lawmakers) try to destroy or take away the property of the people, or try to reduce them to slavery, they put themselves into a state of war with the people who can then refuse to obey the laws. When legislators try to gain or give someone else absolute power over lives, liberties, and property of the people, they abuse the power which the people had put into their hands.According to Locke, what may happen when legislators destroy someone's property?
a gathering of influential people for the discussion of ideas
Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment philosopher from
Enlightenment thinkers questioned traditional ideas about