Chapter 1
Name an element of the political game.
Player, tactic, stakes, rules, strategies
Why did Socrates choose not to escape from prison?
Political Obligation, could not break the law even if it was unjust
Causal factors that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Industrialization
Locke said ______________ can be used as a weapon if the government becomes tyrannical.
Revolution
What's a characteristic of a game of destruction/ wipeout?
War, Violence, Oppression, Clash, Conflict, Appeal to Force
James Madison's system of government (the American System) is known as what?
Republic
Political scientists seek to determine the _____________ ________________ life.
Good political life
What's a critical finite resource?
Water, oil, farm land...
Define Rousseau's general will.
–Form of social contract that works to the public advantage.
–Features of sovereign authority: legitimate, equitable, useful, stable.
What two animals did Machiavelli claim a good prince needed to emulate?
Lion and Fox
What did President Kennedy do in response to the Soviet Union placing missiles in Cuba?
Blockade
What's the foundation of the empirical study of political science?
Science and data
Humans are unique as we have an ability to ___________________.
Reason
What is a laissez-faire political economy?
economy without government intervention
What happened to the city of Melos in Ancient Greece?
Wiped out by Athenians
Why did President Bush invade Iraq in 2003?
Name the four subfields of Political Science.
American Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory
The purpose of ISIS was to establish an Islamic State know as a _________________.
Caliphate
Central motif of Plato and Aristotle’s political philosophy?
passion for excellence
Game of civil disobedience: subtitled as politics of _________________
Morality
Negative freedom definition?
Negative freedom: most free when nothing restrains from acting
What's the main question prudential political scientists seek to answer?
What can be?
What's a prescriptive constitution?
traditional way of conducting business
Augustine writes of two cities:
–The City of _______: love, peace, justice, freedom.
–The City of _______: conflict, injustice, and war.
God and Man