POLI SCI 1001 FINAL QUESTIONS – JAMES STONER
According to John Dewey, the values of liberalism are - Answer -liberty, individuality,
and free intelligence
According to Hayek, if jobs and pay in many sectors of the economy are made fixed and
secure, what results? - Answer -more unemployment
Dewey says that people see that social change is a fact, but need to see that - Answer
--changes must be united into a coherent pattern of social organization
-old assumptions about scarcity no longer apply in an age of abundance
-the new industrial order can be based on cooperation rather than competition
Writing in 1944, Hayek argues that totalitarianism in Germany as well as Russia has
resulted from - Answer -socialism
What does Walzer think of the British decision to bomb German cities in WWII? -
Answer -It was morally defensible at first because of supreme emergency, but not after
1942
Which of the following is NOT a part of the "legalist paradigm" defining the crime of
war? - Answer -non-democratic states cannot be members of international society
Walzer uses the example of the conflict between Athens and Melos to show - Answer -
the Athenians freely chose the path of conquest
According to Walzer, for preemption to be justified, a state must wait for - Answer -a
"point of sufficient threat," where the intent is real and dangerous and where waiting for
an actual attack greatly magnifies the risk
Which of the following does Tyler Cowen NOT say as criticism of Piketty? - Answer -he
has made invalid assumptions in his collection of data, making it unreliable
Which of the following does Hayek NOT say: - Answer -no case can be made for
reducing inequalities of opportunity that result from inherited property
Bentham's utilitarianism (seeking the greatest sum total of happiness) is based on -
Answer -equality: everyone counts as one and no one counts as more than one
When Dewey speaks of free intelligence, he has in mind especially - Answer -the
scientific method, as applied in technology and in policy-making
According to Walzer, military intervention by one state in the military affairs of another
can be justified in all the following circumstances EXCEPT - Answer -as a preventive
war to preserve the balance of power
, According to Hayek, capitalism and democracy - Answer -are compatible, because
individual liberty underlies both
Piketty's formula r>g means to express - Answer -that the return on investment is
greater than the rate of growth, thus insuring that inequality increases over time
The moral equality of soldiers, according to Walzer, justifies - Answer -the War
Convention
According to Hayek, the key impersonal mechanism for transmitting economic
information among individuals and thereby coordinating their economic activity is -
Answer -the price system
In his "Commonwealth Club" address, Franklin Roosevelt described the need for -
Answer -enlightened administration of existing economic organizations
In his 1982 speech to the British Parliament, Ronald Reagan calls for - Answer -
fostering the infrastructure of democracy in countries around the world
Michael Walzer says that the doctrine of realism holds that - Answer -in matters of war,
morality does not apply
How does Michael Walzer define terrorism? - Answer -the random murder of innocent
people for a political end
Which does Walzer use as an example of appeasement? - Answer -the British and
French decision at Munich not to fight Hitler's invading Czechoslovakia
Capital can be defined as - Answer -wealth that is used or invested to create more
wealth
Walzer begins his defense of just war theory by rejecting which doctrines? - Answer -
relativism and realism
Ronald Reagan's opinions about economic policy follow most closely those of - Answer
-Friedrich von Hayek
Walzer discusses the question of secession in the context of explaining - Answer -when
outside states can intervene in a conflict
Which of the following indicates a genuine difference between Dewey and Hayek? -
Answer -Dewey calls for state planning, Hayek appreciates spontaneous economic
order
According to John Dewey, the values of liberalism are - Answer -liberty, individuality,
and free intelligence
According to Hayek, if jobs and pay in many sectors of the economy are made fixed and
secure, what results? - Answer -more unemployment
Dewey says that people see that social change is a fact, but need to see that - Answer
--changes must be united into a coherent pattern of social organization
-old assumptions about scarcity no longer apply in an age of abundance
-the new industrial order can be based on cooperation rather than competition
Writing in 1944, Hayek argues that totalitarianism in Germany as well as Russia has
resulted from - Answer -socialism
What does Walzer think of the British decision to bomb German cities in WWII? -
Answer -It was morally defensible at first because of supreme emergency, but not after
1942
Which of the following is NOT a part of the "legalist paradigm" defining the crime of
war? - Answer -non-democratic states cannot be members of international society
Walzer uses the example of the conflict between Athens and Melos to show - Answer -
the Athenians freely chose the path of conquest
According to Walzer, for preemption to be justified, a state must wait for - Answer -a
"point of sufficient threat," where the intent is real and dangerous and where waiting for
an actual attack greatly magnifies the risk
Which of the following does Tyler Cowen NOT say as criticism of Piketty? - Answer -he
has made invalid assumptions in his collection of data, making it unreliable
Which of the following does Hayek NOT say: - Answer -no case can be made for
reducing inequalities of opportunity that result from inherited property
Bentham's utilitarianism (seeking the greatest sum total of happiness) is based on -
Answer -equality: everyone counts as one and no one counts as more than one
When Dewey speaks of free intelligence, he has in mind especially - Answer -the
scientific method, as applied in technology and in policy-making
According to Walzer, military intervention by one state in the military affairs of another
can be justified in all the following circumstances EXCEPT - Answer -as a preventive
war to preserve the balance of power
, According to Hayek, capitalism and democracy - Answer -are compatible, because
individual liberty underlies both
Piketty's formula r>g means to express - Answer -that the return on investment is
greater than the rate of growth, thus insuring that inequality increases over time
The moral equality of soldiers, according to Walzer, justifies - Answer -the War
Convention
According to Hayek, the key impersonal mechanism for transmitting economic
information among individuals and thereby coordinating their economic activity is -
Answer -the price system
In his "Commonwealth Club" address, Franklin Roosevelt described the need for -
Answer -enlightened administration of existing economic organizations
In his 1982 speech to the British Parliament, Ronald Reagan calls for - Answer -
fostering the infrastructure of democracy in countries around the world
Michael Walzer says that the doctrine of realism holds that - Answer -in matters of war,
morality does not apply
How does Michael Walzer define terrorism? - Answer -the random murder of innocent
people for a political end
Which does Walzer use as an example of appeasement? - Answer -the British and
French decision at Munich not to fight Hitler's invading Czechoslovakia
Capital can be defined as - Answer -wealth that is used or invested to create more
wealth
Walzer begins his defense of just war theory by rejecting which doctrines? - Answer -
relativism and realism
Ronald Reagan's opinions about economic policy follow most closely those of - Answer
-Friedrich von Hayek
Walzer discusses the question of secession in the context of explaining - Answer -when
outside states can intervene in a conflict
Which of the following indicates a genuine difference between Dewey and Hayek? -
Answer -Dewey calls for state planning, Hayek appreciates spontaneous economic
order
