Review Questions
11.1 Historical Perspectives on Government
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What are the four virtues that Plato thinks the state should be founded upon?
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What is the definition of a citizen, according to Aristotle?
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Why was China’s Warring States era also known as the “hundred schools of thought” period?
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Why is Mohism considered one of the earliest forms of consequentialism?
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What are some of the similarities between Plato’s republic and Al-Farabi’s cities of excellence?
11.2 Forms of Government
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What is the difference between absolute and constitutional monarchy?
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What led to the formation of constitutional monarchies?
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How do ideas about social class or castes inform different forms of government?
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What is the ultimate goal of totalitarian regimes, according to Hannah Arendt?
11.3 Political Legitimacy and Duty
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What is the state of nature, according to Thomas Hobbes?
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Identify Max Weber’s three sources of legitimacy.
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What is normative legitimacy?
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What role does the concept of ahimsa play in politics, according to Gandhi?
11.4 Political Ideologies
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What does John Stuart Mill consider to be real freedom?
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What does negative liberty mean in the political sense?
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What two principles does John Rawls say should govern society?
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What is the focus of egalitarian movements?
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Where do anarchists believe disorder comes from?
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Why does Karl Marx believe workers are alienated from their labor?