Chapter 8 Self-Assessment

. According to Hobbes, in the condition of man in which there is a state of war of everyone against everyone, every man has a right to

. According to Hobbes, the definition of injustice is

. According to Locke, a man in the state of nature will relinquish his absolute freedom to the state because

. According to Locke, the chief end of men's uniting into a commonwealth is

. According to Locke, the legislative power is limited by

. According to Rawls, all social values (opportunity, liberty, income, wealth, etc.) are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution is

. The political doctrine that puts primary emphasis on the liberty and rights of individuals against encroachments by the state is known as

. The political and economic doctrine that the means of production (property, factories, businesses) should be owned or controlled by the people is called

. __________ is the political view that government should be small and limited to night-watchman functions.

. __________ is a political economic system that lets the means of production accrue to people through the workings of a free market.

. Feminist philosophers contend that women have been left out of traditional theories of

. __________ says traditional theories are based on the assumption that there is a wall of separation between private and public life and that only public life is the proper concern of political theory.

. In The Republic, Plato argues that the only kind of society that can ensure people get their due is a

. A system of rule by those most qualified to govern is known as a(n)

. True or False? Hobbes asserts that among men there is an equality of ability.

. True or False? For Hobbes, the most reasonable form of government is a democracy.

. True or False? In Hobbes's view, the commonwealth must not share power with those who are governed.

. True or False? Locke says that even if the legislators try to take away and destroy the property of the people, the people still have an obligation to obey.

. True or False? Locke argues that the people should not be the judge of when revolution is warranted.

. True or False? Rawls thinks that the principle of utility is incompatible with the conception of social cooperation among equals for mutual advantage.

. True or False? Rawls thinks that institutions in society can be justified on the grounds that the hardships of some people would be offset by the greater good of society as a whole.

. True or False? Distributive justice has to do with the fair meting out of punishment to citizens for wrongdoing.

. True or False? The principle of entitlement says that even if people don't deserve the goods they have, they nevertheless may be entitled to them.

. True or False? For his republic, Plato envisions an aristocracy, not an aristocracy of the rich, landed, or well born, but of the intellectual.

. True or False? For Locke, to be in the state of nature is to be in a "war of all against all."

. True or False? Marx proposes a form of liberalism, what has been called "welfare liberalism."

. True or False? Marx proposes a form of liberalism, what has been called "welfare liberalism."

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