Final Sınavı - Polıtıcal Thought

Soru 1:

In which of the following does the introduction of the concept “rights” to the issue of justice appear?

A) Plato's thought B) Aristotle's thought C) Roman Law D) Descartes' thought E) The Age of Enlightenment

Soru 2:

Which one of the following philosophers advocated that the "reason is (and has to be) the slave of passions"?

A) Jean Bodin B) Jean Calvin C) John Locke D) Benedict Spinoza E) David Hume

Soru 3:

Which is true for David Hume? I. Hume argued that knowledge depends on rationale. II. Hume is an important name of the Scottish Enlightenment. III. According to Hume, justice is not a virtue that people have innately.

A) Only I B) Only III C) I and II D) II and III E) I, II and III

Soru 4:

Which of the following is not an issue for Machiavelli’s political objective?

A) To ensure stability of entire Italy B) To free Italy from any kind of secular control C) To free Italy from any kind of religious control D) To get rid of Spain, France or Papacy E) To return to his active duty in state

Soru 5:

Honneth constructs his model based on which model of Hegel?

A) Identify Model B) Justice Model C) Social Model D) Individual Model E) Identity Model

Soru 6:

Which of the following is a characteristics of the German Enlightenment?

A) It asserts that the reason alone won’t be enough to understand man and societys B) It emphasizes the limitation of political power to protect individual rights C) Its thinker stand on the construction of a new political and social structure by opposing the “old regime” D) It was closely associated with a line of Protestantism called “pietism” E) Its thinkers focused on the process of education in order to save people from the darknes

Soru 7:

Which one of the followings is a type of authority defined by Weber?

A) Classical Authority B) Totalitarian Authority C) Democratic Authority D) Legal-Rational Authority E) Functional Authority

Soru 8:

Which one is NOT true about alienation theory of Karl Marx?

A) As workers worked long hours, they became alienated to themselves. B) Workers worked even without knowing what exactly they were producing so they became alienated to their work. C) The physical, objectified form of workers' labor was the product, and these products were used to exploit the them further by capitalists. D) Workers were alienated to their species, their population, and their fellows. E) Workers worked to produce for their needs.

Soru 9:

Who has established a belief that nature is a mechanism that works with certain laws?

A) Cicerot B) Locke C) Hume D) Ferguson E) Newton

Soru 10:

Which of the following is a major work aiming at informing people about different subjects of “scientific” and “real” knowledge, written by the French Enlightenment thinkers?

A) Prince B) Encyclopedia C) Social Contract D) The Spirit of the Laws E) The Old Regime and the Revolution

Soru 11:

Which information is true for Climate Theory? I. According to Kant, climate and land determine the general characteristics of societies. II.Social characteristics are also reflected in the forms of management. III. In the northern countries where cold climate prevails, people are more laborious and disciplined.

A) Only II B) I and II C) II and III D) I and III E) I, II and III

Soru 12:

According to Rawls, which of the following is correct?

A) All social inequalities are intolerable, and they must be eliminated. B) Social inequalities are tolerable inasmuch as they are to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged members of society. C) Inequalities of the basic rights are tolerable inasmuch as they serve to all the members of the society. D) Inequalities of the basic rights are tolerable inasmuch as they are to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged members of society. E) There is no problem with social inequalities inasmuch as they are to the greatest benefit to the aggregate of the society.

Soru 13:

According to Hobbes, which of the followings constitutes the first phase of the causes that creates the state of war?

A) Insecurity. B) Inequality. C) Social conflict. D) Religion. E) Greed.

Soru 14:

All of the following are considered to have an effect on the political thought in the New Age EXCEPT

A) increase in the number of population B) rise of the feudal institutions’ economic superiority C) change in the social values associated with Renaissance D) emergence of new type of merchants E) disappearance of church’s legal authority

Soru 15:

Who is worthy worthy of attention in his analysis of the degeneration of state?

A) Al Mâwardi B) Averroës C) Avicenna D) Al-Ghazâlî E) Al-Fârâbî

Soru 16:

Which of the following philosopher admits utilitarianism as his principal opponents

A) Ronald Dworkin B) Peter Townsend C) John Rawls D) Jeremy Bentham E) John Stuart Mill

Soru 17:

Which one is an element of substructure?

A) Law B) Education C) Ideology D) Tools E) Art

Soru 18:

Plato, in his famous opus, namely the Republic, focuses on “justice” as a central theme and discusses on the identification of justice through its relation to the concept “virtue”. He points out justice in this discussion as a ------- that is different from the contemporary understanding of justice as virtue of institutions. Which of the following is the right choice to complete the gap above?

A) Virtue of society B) Virtue of governments C) Virtue of individual D) Virtue of families E) Virtue of children

Soru 19:

Which of the followings shifted the economic superiority from feudal intuitions to the newly emerging capitalist class?

A) The workforce in the society B) The perspective of the aristocrats C) The influence of the religous theories D) The development of communication tools and techniques E) The increasing number of literate people in the society

Soru 20:

When considering the substructure and its two factors, the means of production and the relations of production, which of the following is not included into the means of production?

A) Tools B) Machinery C) Factories D) Materials E) Workers