This is a conversation in which participants are forced to think critically, yet independently.
Plato believed that in the state of nature, we are all inherently ________.
What is bad?
This word means examining the purpose of something in order to justify its distribution.
What is telos?
Hobbes used these (3) specific adjectives to describe life of man in the state of nature.
What is nasty, brutish (violent), and short?
Locke would describe the state of nature in this way.
What is peaceful, free, and with natural rights? (any of these count)
This is the correct term to refer to a group of crows.
What is a murder of crows?
This is a responsibility that a citizen of a town, state, or country has because they live and benefit from the services provided to them there.
What is a civic duty?
Plato believed that the best form of government put these people in charge.
What are philosopher kings?
Aristotle believed that man "separated from law and justice" was inherently...
(his view of man in the state of nature)
Wat is the "worst [animal] of them all" or bad?
Hobbes believed all governmental power should be held by this figure.
What is the sovereign?
Locke says these are inherent and cannot be surrendered or transferred; they exist simply because one is human.
What are Natural Rights?
This city is the capital of Canada.
What is Ottowa?
What are corrupting the youth and irreverence to the gods?
Plato used this story to illustrate his belief that the only thing keeping us from doing bad is fear of punishment.
What is the Ring of Gyges?
Aristotle saw this as one of the most human practices possible, because it combined community and language.
What is politics or democracy?
This was Hobbes' view of the social contract.
What is giving up your freedom in exchange for safety/protection?
These are the three rights Locke believes all humans are entitled to.
What are life, liberty, and property?
What is the sports bra or "jog bra"?
The Crito teaches us this about Socrates' view of the Social Contract.
What is that citizens are bound to follow the laws set by their society if they benefitted from the society in other ways (civic duties).
In the Ship of State analogy, this person is an expert in navigation and seafaring, but they do not seek out power.
What is the True Pilot?
This term refers to the study of the fair division of resources, opportunities, and burdens among members of a society.
What is distributive justice?
This was the term Hobbes used to describe where he believed a sovereign's power came from.
What is consent of the governed?
These are two legacies of Locke's philosophy found in United States government documents.
What are:
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Ind.?
Separation of church & state?
Bill of Rights?
Right to Revolution/ fight tyranny in the declaration of Ind.?
With an estimated 50 million units sold, this is the best-selling Christmas single of all time.
What is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas"?
These were at least 3 of the major themes explored in The Crito.
What were: justice (eye for an eye), civic duties (what citizens owe their govt), integrity, morality of breaking the law, social contract, etc.
In the ship of state analogy, the captain originally in charge gained his power because of this trait.
What is being stronger?
This was what Aristotle saw as the telos of government.
What is providing the good life?
Found in the book of Job in the Old Testament: “Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.”
What is the Leviathan?
John Locke is considered the father of this moral & political philosophy.
What is libertarianism?
This is the only musical artist to have billboard hits in 7 decades.
Who is Cher?