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poli sci 100 ubc Questions and Correct
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Westphalian system is trade between:
Ans: - security within states - state authority over own people
- Insecurity between states -no overarching authority between states to
maintain peace
The virtue of the prince must overcome...
Ans: the fortune of politics
Root of Politics
Ans: Polis
Polis
Ans: city state
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Differences across space and time
Ans: 1.Space: Geogrpahical difference focus is 'western' politics
2. Time: Historical differences focus on modern and post modern
Historical chart of western politics: Importance of history to
contemporary politics
Ans: 1. Political Events: a) epochs b)Ages
2. political IDeas: a) Thinkers/books b)political concepts
Standard (OED) The art and science of governing
Ans: - Ancient/medival: Art of governing
-Modern: science of governing
Acient greek politics
Ans: Art of justice
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Plato's Republic Devided by...
Ans: Indiviual and the state
Plato's Republic
Ans: Rational - Rulers
Emotive/Spirited - Warriors
Appetitive - Artisan Producer
Plato thought his republic was how
Ans: politics 'ought to be
To plato, the purpose of politics is...
Ans: to create justice
what is the just state?
(3 Things)
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Ans: -Philosophers rule
-the good of people is paramount
-Revealed in 'cave analogy'
Machiavelli
Ans: Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince, a work on
ethics and government, describing how rulers maintain power by
methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that "the
end justifies the means."
Medieval Politics Shows...
Ans: The art of power
The prince by Machiavelli analysis....
Ans: Analyzes politics as they really are and shows the struggle of power
rather than how they 'ought to be
poli sci 100 ubc Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Westphalian system is trade between:
Ans: - security within states - state authority over own people
- Insecurity between states -no overarching authority between states to
maintain peace
The virtue of the prince must overcome...
Ans: the fortune of politics
Root of Politics
Ans: Polis
Polis
Ans: city state
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Differences across space and time
Ans: 1.Space: Geogrpahical difference focus is 'western' politics
2. Time: Historical differences focus on modern and post modern
Historical chart of western politics: Importance of history to
contemporary politics
Ans: 1. Political Events: a) epochs b)Ages
2. political IDeas: a) Thinkers/books b)political concepts
Standard (OED) The art and science of governing
Ans: - Ancient/medival: Art of governing
-Modern: science of governing
Acient greek politics
Ans: Art of justice
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Plato's Republic Devided by...
Ans: Indiviual and the state
Plato's Republic
Ans: Rational - Rulers
Emotive/Spirited - Warriors
Appetitive - Artisan Producer
Plato thought his republic was how
Ans: politics 'ought to be
To plato, the purpose of politics is...
Ans: to create justice
what is the just state?
(3 Things)
, 4 | Page
Ans: -Philosophers rule
-the good of people is paramount
-Revealed in 'cave analogy'
Machiavelli
Ans: Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince, a work on
ethics and government, describing how rulers maintain power by
methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that "the
end justifies the means."
Medieval Politics Shows...
Ans: The art of power
The prince by Machiavelli analysis....
Ans: Analyzes politics as they really are and shows the struggle of power
rather than how they 'ought to be
