True/False, Chamberlain's Political Theory: Multiple choice

What are some of Kollontai's criticisms of the bourgeois women's movement?

-No significant improvements without relying on achievements of working class -Formal equality doesn't address the root causes of the oppression working women suffer -NOT the lack of wanting to collaborate with working women because they believe they are superior

The opening line of the communist manifesto

A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism

Plato's depiction of Socrates is considered to be:

Accurate in early works (Apology), but not in later works (Republic)

The application of historical materialism to the family results in:

An understanding of how the family form reflects broader economic arrangements

Why do the Utopians need few laws?

Because people have been taught to be good by their education and socialization

What best captures what Locke means by "license?"

Being unconstrained by the law

What best describes Rousseau's understanding of sovereignty? Absolute power of the________guided by _______

Body politic, their general will

The academy of what city set the essay competition to which rousseau responded?

Dijon

Locke's preferred form of government is:

Doesn't matter, so long as it's limited

According to Locke, under no circumstances may citizens rise up against a government to which they have given their consent

False

According to Socrates, wisdom is measured by the amount of knowledge you hold

False

Anarchists want to bring about apocalypse so that they can return to a simpler life

False

For Hobbes, the state of nature is not necessarily one of war

False

For Locke there is no difference between political power and the power of parents over their children

False

For Rousseau, the larger the population, the greater the liberty

False

Hobbes believes in a system of limited government

False

Hobbes recognizes that there is no freedom under his proposed government but says that's the price we must pay for security

False

Kropotkin regards mutual aid as less significant than the state in helping advance the human race

False

Locke believes in a system of absolute government

False

Locke defines tyranny as when one branch takes over the function of another

False

Locke is opposed to the death penalty as it violates the inalienable right to life

False

Marx doesn't care about freedom

False

Marx opposed automation in order to protect jobs

False

Raphael thought philosophers should try to advise those in positions of power

False

Rousseau argues that only a democracy counts as a true republic

False

Rousseau believes no government can ever be legitimate

False

Rousseau believes that man is social by nature

False

Rousseau proposes the dismantlement of nation-states and a return to the fair simpler life of the "noble savage"

False

Rousseau thinks man is bad by nature

False

Rousseau's Discourse on the Origins of Inequality is an example of ideal theory

False

Rousseau's Social Contract is an example of non-ideal theory

False

Socrates thought it was unjust to give up his life when he could save it

False

Socrates was a student of Plato's

False

Socrates would have escaped from jail but his friends were worried about how that would affect their reputation

False

The Hobbesian contract is between the people and the sovereign

False

The Hobbesian sovereign is necessarily one person

False

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights carefully justifies human rights before listing the core rights themselves

False

The root words of the term "anarchy" literally means chaos

False

The slogan of communism is "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his work"

False

The state of nature is a trick pulled by the poor on the rich, so that the former can get richer

False

Thomas More claimed to have visited Utopia himself

False

The name of Marx's collaborator on the communist manifesto

Friedrich Engels

What does Locke not explicitly base his theory of government on: Life, Liberty, or happiness?

Happiness

The "state of nature" is a description of (hobbes locke):

Human interactions without government

Socrates was charged with what?

Impiety and Making the city worse by corrupting the youth

In capitalism, what is the main function of the state according to marx?

Manage the affairs of the Bourgeoisie

What best describes Rousseau's position on the state of nature?

May have never really existed, but it's still useful as a thought expiriment

In Marx's theory, exploitation refers to:

Not compensating workers for the full value of what they produce

What refers to the capitalist class?

Owners of the means of production, bourgeoisie

What best describes the Utopian attitude towards pleasure?

Pleasure is the goal of society

According to Socrates, life is not worth living (for men) if it doesn't involve:

Self examination

What does Rousseau explicitly mention as a cause of humans' failings?

Social institutions

Prerogative power is necessary because sometimes:

Sometimes the legislation takes too long

What is an incorrect representation of Rousseau's idea of absolute sovereignty?

Sovereign executing all of the power of the state itself

The glorious revolution refers to:

The coronation of william and mary

What, according to Rousseau, is the final stage in the state of nature?

The establishment of property

Locke bases his theory of property on:

The labor a person mixes with a thing

Political Legitimacy is:

The right to rule and the duty to obey

The English Civil War was a conflict between:

The royalists and parliamentarians

Anarchists oppose:

The state

Why does Rousseau propose "The total alienation of each associate, together with all of his rights, to the entire community?

This is the only way to ensure that you don't end up someone's slave.

According to Marx, it doesn't matter what class you think you're in, the decisive factor is your relation to the means of production

True

Ancient Athens didn't have a public prosecutor

True

Both Hobbes and Locke mention the law of nature, but only for Locke is it binding upon people in the same nature

True

Generally, Rousseau favors smaller scale republices

True

Goldman is more critical of religion than Kropotkin

True

Goldman was a US citizen but subsequently deported to the Soviet Union

True

Hobbes believes no individual should be sacrificed for the ends of the state.

True

Human rights took influence from the natural law tradition

True

In Hobbes' state of nature there can be no industry or culture

True

In the Communist Manifesto, communism is presented as an inevitable outgrowth of capitalism

True

Just because human rights have Western origins doesn't mean they're only supported by people with a Western upbringing

True

Kollontai adopts a Goldilocks approach to sex: neither too much nor too little is good for individuals and the community

True

Kollontai points out that we all too often think of romantic partners in terms of possessions

True

Locke argues that we consent to inequality by consenting to money

True

Locke believes that human labor is the sources of the most value of things

True

Rousseau claims that you can be forced to be free

True

Rousseau favors absolute sovereignty

True

Rousseau has a dynamic view of human nature

True

Rousseau holds that democracy is the appropriate form of government for gods, but unrealistic for men under most circumstances

True

Rousseau thought that non-human animals gave each other burials

True

The Lockean contract is between the people and the sovereign

True

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was not intended to impose legal obligations on the state

True

The Utopians counted pleasures of the mind as superior to those of the body

True

The literal meaning of "utopia" is "no-where place"

True

The majority doesn't necessarily correctly identify the content of the general will

True

human rights are rights you have by virtue of being:

a human

According to Hobbes, the law of nature is:

a precept discovered through reason that guides us to seep peace

Amerigo Vespucci was:

a real life florentine adventurer

Rousseau thinks that people who have entered the social contract form:

an association

what is the most democratic means of selecting government officials, according to rousseau?

by lot; although he realizes pure democracy is flawed

What explains the antagonism between capitalism and workers?

capitalists want workers to work longer, workers want to work fewer hours. Capitalists favor the monarchy, workers do not.

Which category is the most important in Marx's analysis of capitalism?

class

legitimate political authority according to rousseau is based on:

consent

The ancient greeks thought that travelling was:

essential to civilization

What can the general will not be?

eternal

Peter recommended public service because it promised happiness and power

false

What term do Marx and Engels explicitly use in their account of history?

feudal

Which kind of will does Rousseau think needs to guide sovereign acts?

general will

The best form of government, according to Rousseau, is:

it depends on the people and their land

What best describes Raphael's view of private property?

it makes a just and prosperous community all but impossible

Marx's overall attitude towards capitalism

love/hate

What is a form of government rousseau doesn't consider?

oligarchy

To form a government according to Hobbes we must surrender:

our natural liberty

Hobbes: "The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and ________"

short

Hobbes belief in human equality stems from:

the belief that everyone has the equal capacity to kill another person

Which isn't a source of conflict according to Hobbes: The sovereign, glory, or diffidence?

the sovereign