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Poli 202 - Midterm Hancock
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Poli 202 - Midterm HancockThree stages of the Beneton's rights of man - ANS-1. The moderate liberal version
associated with the American revolution.
2. The ideological subversion associated with the radical phase of the french revolution
3. The extreme liberal version prevalent today.
According to Beneton the main obstacle to true education is in the contemporary world
is: - ANS-knowledge has become separated from life and is seen as merely utilitarian.
According to Hancock, the key difference between ancient (classical) political
philosophy and modern political philosophy is: - ANS-Modern political philosophy
repudiates (refuse to be accepted or associated with) the classical question of the good.
What is the third absolute truth that Elder Oaks affirms? - ANS-Our tolerance and
respect for others and their beliefs does not cause us to abandon our commitment to
the truths we understand and the covenants we have made.
According to Bénéton, what is the basis of "substantive" (or "substantial") equality? -
ANS-1. The Christian idea that all humans are worthy of God's sacrifice.
2. The natural sense represented in great literature that we share a common humanity.
How does Elder Oaks define the term "moral relativism"? - ANS-the philosophy that
holds that each person is free to choose for himself what is right and wrong
According to Luther in Concerning Christian Liberty, what is needed for justification and
salvation? - ANS-1. faith—that is, belief in God's promises
According to Professor Hancock (in Thinking Politically part two, ch. 2), Calvin's radical
break with classical moral and political philosophy consists of ________. - ANS-his
repudiation of the hierarchical view of nature and of human nature which makes it
possible to speak of what is "high" and "low"
In "The Limits of Secular Authority," how does Luther explain the Christian's duty to
uphold secular authority, even though a Christian has no need of it and must be willing
to "turn the other cheek" rather than demand justice under the law? - ANS-The Christian
cooperates with secular authority only for the benefit of his neighbor, not for the benefit
to himself.
, According to Luther in "The Three Walls of the Romanists," what is the first "wall" the
"Romanists" (Roman Catholics) have built around them, and how does Luther attack
this wall? - ANS-The Romanists claim that the pope, bishops, priests, and monks
belong to a special "spiritual estate" exempt from temporal power, but in fact all
Christians belong to a "royal priesthood."
"Now, these two, as we have divided them, are always to be viewed apart from each
other. When the one is considered, we should call off our minds, and not allow them to
think of the other." What two spheres or domains does John Calvin refer to in this
quotation? - ANS-the spiritual and the temporal jurisdictions
Which of the following relationships best reveals The Prince as a declaration of
intellectual war against tradition? - ANS-"effectual truth" versus "imaginary republics"
In chapter 7 of The Prince, Machiavelli describes the effect that Cesare Borgia's (also
known as the Duke Valentino) bloody sacrifice of his henchman Remirro de Orco had
on the people 'as a combination of ________. - ANS-satisfaction and stupefaction
Machiavelli proposes that effective action requires alternating between two animals, the
lion and the fox. What does this tell us about his view of humanity? - ANS-he rejects the
classical view of humanity as oriented towards the divine
According to Machiavelli, how should the prince deal with morality? - ANS-use the
appearance of morality but don't be bound to it
Which of the following statements best represents how Aristotle's views differ from
Machiavelli's views on the meaning of the common good? - ANS-For Aristotle, moral
virtue is an intrinsic part of the common good.
According to Harvey Mansfield's Introduction to Machiavelli's Prince, the essential
difference between The Prince and Plato's Republic is that _________. - ANS-for Plato,
politics has a limited and subordinate place in relation to things above politics, but for
Machiavelli, politics has its own rules and is not limited to anything higher
What is the huge public significance (part six) of the project that Descartes first
described as a merely private speculation? - ANS-His method promises to make human
beings masters and possessors of nature so they can enjoy the fruits of the earth
without any pain.
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