IAC MidTerm pt. 2 Quizzes

Purity of your principles

because it is not possible to be successful politically while being entirely faithful to ones moral principles, one should stay out of politics

perfectibility

one should work to reform political institutions, culture, and education so that in the future there will be complete harmony between what is politically possible and what is morally right

Dirty Hands

One has the obligation to do some morally undesirable things for the sake of the greater good of the community

Prudence

One has obligation to figure out how to balance what is politically possible with what is morally desirable in political life

In platos apology, what did the oracle at delphi say about socrates?

no man is wiser that socrates

in platos crito, which of the following is not one of the arguments crito makes to convince socrates to escape his punishment?

if socrates chooses not to escape, the leaders of the athenian government will conclude that they can act unjustly without consequences

in platos crito, which of the following is closest to what socrates says about his children?

his children will not clearly be better of if he lives away from them in exile or if he takes them with him

In platos crito, socrates argues that it is justifiable to disobey unjust laws, but one must never disobey even unjust legal sentences

false

in platos crito, which of the following is closet to what socrates has to say about the opinion of the many?

because the many are not the wise, crito should not care much about the opinion of the many

in platos crito, socrates argues that people should never

intentionally do wrong

in one sentence below, describe one of the arguments that was discussed in class that crito makes to try to convince socrates to escape his punishment

Crito makes the argument that Socrates should think of what would happen to his friends if he chose not to escape because people would judge his friends for not doing everything they could to save him

according to aristotle, the virtue of a good citizen is not always exactly the same as the virtue of a good man

true

according to aristotle, which of the following is a true, or correct, form of government which means that the government rules for the sake of the common good of the community?

aristocracy

according to aristotle, the rule of a master over slaves, household management, and political rule differ only in the number of people ruled. otherwise, they are the same kind of rule

false

what are the five adjectives that Hobbes uses to describe what “the life of man” is like in the state of nature in a famous passage from Leviathan?

Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, short

Below in one sentence, explain what the state of nature is - not whether it’s good or bad, or what it’s like to live in it - but what it means to be in a state of nature with other people.

The state of nature means to have freedom and quality, people who are free and equal do not need permission from another person to act. They have no common power/authority

According to Hobbes, the three sources of conflict in the state of nature are

competition, diffidence, and glory

According to Locke, which of the following is not descriptive of the state of nature

it is a state of licensea

according to locke, in the state of nature, which of the following most accurately captures who has the right to execute or enforce the law of nature?

everyone

like hobbes, locke believes that the state of nature is always the same as a state of war

false

as we discussed in class about locke, if you have a negative right to life, everyone else has

the duty/obligation to not kill you

list 3 key things, according to locke, that are missing from the state of nature, which make the state of nature an undesirable and insecure situation

no reliable enforcement/execution, no impartial judge, no established/settled/known law

which of the following most precisely captures what Locke means by your “property”?

your life, your liberty, and your land/goods/money

According to the declaration of independence, what is the purpose for which governments are created?

to secure rights

in the declaration, the signers pledge to each other “our lives, our fortunes” and what?

our sacred honor

what laws does the declaration cite as justification for the Unites States becoming seperate and independent from England?

the laws of nature and of nature’s god

based on our discussion in class, how many of the goals in the constitution’s preamble have a reasonable connection to the declaration of independence’s claim that the purpose of government is to secure natural rights

many of the preamble’s goalso

originally, state legislatures chose u.s senators, but the american people vote for senators directly in statewide elections

true

U.S Rep single term

2 years

U.S. Senator single term

6 years

U.S. President single term

4 years

The U.S. constitution contains four amendements reagrding the right to vote. three of the answer choices below accurately paraphrase the meaning of those amendments. one distorts or misinterprets the meaning of an amendment. which one does not accurately summarize a provision in the constitution?

American citizens are not allowed to vote anywhere in the United States until they are 18 years old

Which of the following phrases does not appear in the bill of rights?

“seperation of church and state”