Phil 101 Study Guide Exam 2


I will select two of the questions below for your exam. You will be asked to write an in-class essay on one of the two I select.

  1. How do Thomas Aquinas and Hobbes differ in their view of human reason? What difference does this make for politics?

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  2. What is the purpose of law? To make men good? To make men safe? To protect property? Something else?

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  3. What limits, if any, should be placed on the authority of lawmakers?

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  4. When, if ever, are we entitled to disobey laws?

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  5. What rights do we hold regarding our own bodies? Is there any circumstance in which we might hold a right regarding the body of another?

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  6. Is human desire independent of or a function of political economies?

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  7. What justification, if any, can you offer for the institution of private property?

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  8. Under what circumstances, if any, could one individual have a right to the labor of another?

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