Hobbes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PLSC 001 Exam 1 PSU Questions and Answers 100% Pass Government - Answer- Any system for implementing decisions made through a political process Politics - Answer- Process of determining what government does Philosophy - Answer- the study of the fundamental nature of reality, knowledge, and how to live (also translated to the love of wisdom) Political Philosophy (Theory) - Answer- part of ethics, ethics applied to groups of people. Asks what the government should be doing. Metaphysics - ...

British Empiricists British philosophers who believed that knowledge is derived from experience Empiricism - epistemology asserting that the evidence of the senses constitutes the primary data of knowledge. Knowledge cannot exist until this evidence is gathered and all subsequent intellectual processes use this evidence Characteristics of British Empiricism Agreement to exclude inner experiences, such as dreams and emotions, and focus exclusively on sensory experience sensory experience const...

What did Aristotle and Plato believe about political science? - It would lead to order in political matters and that this organized order would create stable, just societies How did Thomas Aquinas influence political study? - He adapted the ideas of Aristotle to a Christian perspective. Focused on having certain rights and responsibilities. Laid the groundwork for what would become modern constitutionalism. How did Niccolo Machiavelli influence political study? - He wrote The Prince and was...

A huge & full recap of the course including reading summaries, lectures, and working groups. New, relevant, and complete. Also, there are notes taken from the last Q&A session right before the exam.

General Political Theory (4 major purposes of a govt) correct answers -ensuring national security -providing public services -ensuring social order -making decisions regarding the economy 4 main theories regarding origin of the state correct answers -evolutionary (from family structure to govt structure) -by force -divine right -social contract (allowing yourself to be governed in return for protection) greek philosophers who believed scientifically organized order in political matte...

In this summary you find all of my notes on readings and on the lectures of the subject Social and political philosophy, a subject taught as part of the Philosophy minor by U.T.R. Stahl.

Government - Answer-The formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of state are conducted. Citizen - Answer-Member of the political community to whom certain rights and obligations are attached. Politics - Answer-The study of who gets what, when and how; or how policy decisions are made. European Union - Answer-An association of European nations formed for the purpose of achieving political and economic integration. Aristotle's Classification of Government - Answer-Who pa...

true - Technically, skeptics did not reject moral values themselves, but only denied that values exist as spirit-like objects, or as divine commands in the mind of God. true - Metaphysics is the study of the kinds of things that exist in the universe. true - There are two distinct forms of moral relativism, individual relativism, and cultural relativism. true - One other-worldly approach to the metaphysical status of morality is the divine command theory. The idea that morality is relate...

natrual rights - Answer-Life, Liberty, and Property John Locke - Answer-17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. State of Nature - Answer-Hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government where human beings live in "complete" freedom and general equality. Due Process - Answer-involves the government's obligation to treat all citizens fairly. Such a requireme...

Test Bank for American Government Political Development and Institutional Change 12th Edition By Cal Jillson | ISBN : 9781000772715|| All Chapters ( 1-21 ) A+ Chapter 1 Test Bank in Word for 12e Single-Select Multiple Choice Question Answer A B C D A custom, practice, or organization, often embedded in rules and law, is called a ^___.^ b policy institution legal procedure rule Which of these terms refers to the rule of an elite few for their own interests? d Monarchy Polis Democracy ...