"What you do not desire for yourself, do not do to others."
What is Confucius's version of the Golden Rule?
100
Political theory can trace its beginnings to these two ancient civilizations.
What is Ancient China and Greece?
100
These philosophers thought of democracy as a dangerous and corrupt system.
Who was Plato and Aristotle?
100
It is natural for man to live politically, and this is not simply the observation that man is better off in a complex society than abandoned and isolated.
Marx's answer to historical change that ideas are attached to the interests of social classes such as workers/capitalist.
What led to the great"isms"?
200
While most people in the modern world see democracy as the best form of government, these philosophers thought democracy as a dangerous can corrupt system.
Who were Plato and Aristotle?
300
This system of government supplanted Confucius's ideas. Legalism
What is Legalism?
300
The best punishment to crime was instilling a sense of shame for misdemeanors in order to guide people in the right path.
What was Confucius's way of dealing with crime?
300
This person believed that politics is not merely about the struggle to meet needs in conditions of scarcity.
Who is the Greek philosopher Aristotle?
300
They explained how ideas of each political epoch differ because the institutions and practices of the societies differ, and the significance of ideas changes across history.
What did Georg Hegel and Karl Marx explain?
300
The lawless state of nature is one of a war of all men against each other and thus through a "social contract" with his subjects a sovereign exercises absolute power to save society from this.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
400
This is the time period when Confucius lived.
What is the end of China's Spring and Autumn period?
400
Firmly rooted in Chinese convention.. At its heart were the traditional virtues of loyalty, duty, and respect.
What was Confucius's moral standpoint?
400
Free male, over the age of 30, Athenian parents
What were the requirements to becoming a citizen of the city of Athens, Greece?
400
Political moralists argue that politics should be directed toward achieving goals while political realists argue that politics is about power.
What is the difference between political moralism and political realism?
400
The philosophers have only interpreted the world... the point is to change it.
Who is Karl Marx?
500
The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Great Listening
What are Confucius's three key works?
500
Just and generous treatment will be met with a just and generous response.
What is the cornerstone of Confucius's thinking and his moral philosophy?
500
This paved the way for a democratic city-state.
What is the Constitution of Athens, in 594BCE?
500
To do what is right and to believe what is true.
What is the primary concern in philosophy?
500
He did not believe that all human beings should be allowed to engage in political activity; in his system, women, slaves, and foreigners were explicitly excluded from the right to rule themselves and others.