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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 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.
How does Professor Hancock describe the relationship between modern science and modern
freedom? - ANS Modern deterministic science seems opposite to personal freedom, but in fact
these opposites attract.
What assistance does Descartes solicit for his project, and what assistance does he refuse? -
ANS He wants assistants to help carry out his method, not philosophical conversations that
question his method.
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