Political Philosophy
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- What distinguishes a citizen from a non-citizen, according to Aristotle?
- Are there any limits to the right to acquire property? What are they?
- Fundamentally rational, reason gives us substantial natural law, equality why?
- What is the cause of the Civil War according to Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address?
- What is the origin of inequality, according to Rousseau?
- According to Rousseau, are human beings equal in the state of nature? Why or why not?
- Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men)
- In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, what does Rousseau think is the main responsibility of currently existing governments?
- Who or what sets the Law of Nature for Hobbes?
- Is the Sovereign part of the Covenant that forms government? Why or why not?
- Core political principle in the Constitution that protect fundamental individual freedoms yet still allow for "majority rule"
- How much of a majority vote do you need to ratify an amendment
- What year was the Magna Carta signed?
- National governmental institution that was created to carry out the Articles
- Which of the Declaration's phrases most clearly evokes Hobbes?
- what is article 2 of the constitution about?
- How does Girard characterize the primitive person's attitude to violence: ?
- Hobbes thinks in the state of nature, there is no...?
- An organization extending to the whole society that can legitimately use force is called
- Tocqueville wrote: "I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in...?