Chapter 3 Review Questions

1. What is meant by “ideology”?

2. Why did Aristotle favour aristocracy?

3. What is meant by “natural morality,” according to Confucianism?

4. Distinguish between the “general will” and the “particular will.”

5. What are some of the variations of socialist thought?

6. How did Karl Marx employ “dialectics” in his philosophy?

7. When did women receive the right to vote in Canada and in the United States?

8. What is meant by “sustainable development”?

9. What is “Keynesian economic policy”?

10. What is “Islamic fundamentalism”?

11. What is difference between classical liberalism and reformed liberalism?

12. How liberalism is different from socialism?

13. Is classical conservatism an ideology? If so, what is its argument? If not what makes it different?

14. Karl Marx argues that the state exists only for the benefits of the capitalist class. Do you agree with this? Why or why not?

15. What is the difference between conservatism and neoconservatism?