PLSI 110 EXAM 1 PREP Question and answers already passed
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Briefly discuss the main themes or dimensions of political philosophy as mentioned during class lecture. - correct answer Political philosophy
- Good Life- Plato
Main Themes
- Human nature; Individual & society; Society influences ...
PLSI 110 EXAM 1 PREP Question and
answers already passed
Briefly discuss the main themes or dimensions of political philosophy as
mentioned during class lecture. - correct answer ✔Political philosophy
- Good Life- Plato
Main Themes
- Human nature; Individual & society; Society influences individuals or
individuals reflect society; Equality; Freedom vs. Necessity (God); Source &
Distributions of Wealth; Law & Justice;
Epistemology: field of philosophy that addresses how we gain knowledge
- Plato calls it a dialectic
- Dialectical materialism
- Perception→ opinion→
(physical realm) | intellectual realm |⇾ form
Define as these terms are used by Mannheim
"sociology of knowledge."
"ideology"
"utopia" - correct answer ✔Sociology of Knowledge: an Analysis of political
discourse, an instrument of collective action
- Principle thesis: there are modes of thought which cannot be adequately
understood as long as their social origins are obscured
- Seeks to comprehend thought in:
- Preformed patterns of thought
- Historical- Social situation
, Ideology (Manheim): ideologies are members or in groups, benefit from being
in the 'in group (benefit from the status quo)
- Reflects the one that emerged from political conflict
- Ruling groups can in their 'thinking' become so interest bound to a situation
that they are simply no longer able to see certain facts which would
undermine their sense of domination
- Collective unconscious of certain groups obscures the real condition of
society both to itself and to others and thereby stabilizes it
Utopia (Manheim):the community of oppressed (hurts the status quo)
- Reflects the opposite discovery of political struggle
- Certain oppressed groups are intellectually so strongly interested in the
destruction and transformation of a given condition of society that they
unwittingly see only those elements in the situation which they tend to negate
it
- Aren't concerned with what exists rather they seek to change the situation
that exists
- Their thought is never a diagnosis of the situation, it can be a direction for
action
Arendt titles her work "The Human Condition." - correct answer ✔Arendt lays
out the three fundamental categories of the vita activa: labor, work, and action
Labor:
-includes activities that are necessary for survival and procreation. These
activities meet our biological needs, and thus we are compelled to do them
because they are essential to life. Therefore, Arendt considers them a
condition of slavery rather than freedom.
Work:
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