Athenian Democracy
This term directly translated to "a government of the neighborhoods," but we often think of it as "a government of the people."
What is "Democracy"
Socrates is remembered as the first _________ in Ancient Athens. He was later sentenced to death for how he performed this job.
What is a philosopher?
This is Plato's famous critique of democracy.
What is the Ship of State?
Aristotle believed this form of government was the most "human" government.
What is democracy?
The city of Athens was named after this Greek goddess of wisdom & warfare.
Who is Athena?
A person who did not participate in their civic duties was called this in Ancient Athens.
What is "Idiotes."
Socrates often held conversations with people, asking them to define their principles & beliefs in order to explain philosophical questions. These conversations were called....?
What is Socratic Dialogues?
Plato believed that democracy was flawed and that we would be better off being ruled by experts called _________.
What are Philosopher Kings?
Aristotle believed that these two things make us human.
What are language & community?
The Ancient Greeks used this recurring event to measure time periods.
What are the Olympic games?
What were the 4 requirements for Athenian citizenship?
What were:
male, born in Athens, free (not enslaved), and completed military service
Socrates is seen as a _________ for free speech in Democracies.
What is a martyr?
The questions of flight vs. invisibility and the story of the Ring of Gyges support Plato's belief that people are ______________.
What is inherently bad?
This term describes examining the purpose of something. Doing so helps determine how things should be distributed.
What is telos?
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, when the Athenians learned that the Persians had landed at this city on the way to attack Athens in 490 BC, a messenger named Pheidippides ran to Sparta with a request for help. This runner covered over 161 miles of rugged terrain in less than two days! The event inspired a long distance run named after this city.
What is a Marathon?
What is the difference between direct democracy & representational democracy?
Which one was practiced in Ancient Athens? Which is practiced in the USA?
In direct democracy (Athens), the people decide on policies without any intermediary or representative; whereas in a representative democracy (USA), people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives.
**____________ are tasks or activities that citizens are morally or legally expected to perform for the good of society or the functioning of our government.**
What are civic duties?
This story helped Plato to explain his belief that people are inherently bad and we need government & society to create guidelines and punishments to prevent people from acting BADLY.
What is the Ring of Gyges?
This concept is concerned with the fair distribution of resources, opportunities, and burdens among members of a society.
What is distributive justice?
The African Black Rhino produces this color milk for her young.
What is black milk.
Demos, Boule, Ekklesia, Ostraka, Demagogue, Dikasteria, Strategoi
Demos - neighborhoods
Boule - Council of 500; wrote agendas & laws for discussion
Ekklesia - general assembly, voted on laws
Ostraka - ostracize/exile someone
Demagogue - powerful speaker leader who uses prejudice & emotion to gain popularity
Dikasteria - judges, courts, juries
Strategoi - elected generals
An agreement among people to abide by a certain set of rules, or conventions in exchange for protection and/or services from the community or government.
What is a social contract?
This philosophical thought experiment describes the hypothetical way of life that existed before humans organized themselves into societies or civilizations.
What is the state of nature?
Aristotle's ideas of distributive justice were concerned with these questions...
- Who should be a ____________
- Who should have the right _____________
- How should ___________________ be distributed?
Who should be a citizen?
Who should have the right to rule?
How should political authority be distributed?
a mathematical equation that defines each term of a sequence based on the previous term(s) in the sequence, essentially providing a rule to find the next term by using the value of the previous term
What is a recursive formula?