Phil Aus O Fee
What is the agreement between people and their government commonly referred to as?
The Social Contract
When there is no government present. The is called what in the Social Contract theory?
State of Nature
Who wrote the Two Treatises on Government?
John Locke
The authority to govern is commonly called what?
Sovereignty
Hobbes referenced what creature in his theory?
The Leviathan
English colonists studied this mans view on law and the organization of law.
William Blackstone
Which theorist believes the nature of man is nasty, brutish, and short?
Thomas Hobbes
According Locke, what Natural Rights do men possess at birth?
Life
Liberty
Estate (Property)
What is Robert A. Dahl's definition of power?
A causing (or having the ability to cause) B to do something that B otherwise would not do.
When a higher power directly provides/gives authority to the leader. What is this called?
The Divine Right of Kings
Who believed that the government needs to be balanced by dividing the power?
Baron de Montesquieu
Who believes men are naturally good and compassionate?
Jean Jacque Rousseau
What is the idea that once a country meets all the requirements for statehood, they are considered a state?
Declaratory Theory
What are the 3 separations of power and what do they do?
Executive Branch - Enforce Law
Legislative Branch - Create Law
Judicial Branch - Interpret Law
Finish the quote: “Man if born free and is everywhere else in ___”
Chains
What is the Tabula Rausa?
John Locke's Blank Slate Idea
The idea that people are the source of all political power is what concept?
Popular Sovereignty
According to Rousseau, what corrupts man?
Society in general (experiences)
What's the definition?
Actions taken in formation and maintenance of the state or other governing entity
Politics
What argument does Locke propose to argue against the Divine Right?
There was no historical lineage or evidence of such a lineage to exist. The Divine logic is not reason-based.
Realism is the idea that power and politics needs to focus on how thing work in reality. Which Philosopher from our packet wrote about this?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Rousseau believes something corrupts man. What is it that corrupts man?
The experiences and problems of a society are what makes man corrupted.
Motivations of unjust rulers and fighting is what makes us corrupt.
Mr. Kosh showed a famous painting of God and Adam. Where is it located and who painted it (yes I did say this in class).
Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel
What is the convention that defined statehood that we read about?
Montevideo Convention
What are the 4 Features of Statehood?
1. Permanent Population
2. Defined Territory
3. Government
4. Capacity to enter into relations with others