Final Sınavı - Polıtıcal Thought

Soru 1:

What did not Marx approve about Hegel's dialectic?

A) Marx did not accept the materialistic assumptions of Hegel. B) Marx considered dialectic as a conflict among worldly interests, and ideas were the results of such conflict. C) It was materialism which inspired the dialectic, not spiritualism. D) History is unavoidably progressive, today’s reality would become a part of a better tomorrow, and each new era would exceed and improve the former one. E) Marx considered the dialectic as a means of accomplishing historical progress through struggle.

Soru 2:

in which year the "The Enlightenment" reached its peak?

A) 1688 B) 1789 C) 1998 D) 1892 E) 1645

Soru 3:

What are the two major ideas that Aristotle's contribution to the idea of justice?

A) Criminal justice, social justice B) Equality justice, social justice C) Political justice, social justice D) Legal justice, political justice E) Criminal justice, equality justice

Soru 4:

Which of them illustrate an approach of social justice according to the libertarian view puts forward?

A) Individual responsibility and entitlement B) Acquisiton and transfer C) Equal basic rights and liberties D) Freedom and integrity of the person E) Transfer and holding private properties

Soru 5:

According to Avicenna, prophet-king is desirable because he possesses the knowledge and the intellectual capacity to reason. his acquisition of knowledge is based on uncritical reception of knowledge from an authority. he has the ability to translate his knowledge into ordinary language.

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

Soru 6:

What is the most important difference of the Scottish Enlightenment from the French Enlightenment?

A) Fredom of speech B) Market economy C) Rational thinking D) Laicism E) Scientific thinking

Soru 7:

Which is true for the political thought in the 19th century? I. The 19th century is a time of radical changes in the political arena. II. The concept of “national sovereignty” emerged. III. Slavery was abolished.

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

Soru 8:

Which century is known as "the Age of Enlightment"?

A) 18th B) 19th C) 20th D) 21st E) 17th

Soru 9:

Which of the following made the greatest contribution to the theory of democracy in the nineteenth century?

A) Jean Jaques Rousseau B) Montesquieu C) Immanuel Kant D) David Hume E) Alexis de Tocqueville

Soru 10:

Plato... .

A) believed in the marriage B) portrayed a static societal structure C) favoured democracy D) distinguished three main types of equality E) believed equality was amoral

Soru 11:

Which prominent figure in Enlightenment suggested a "utilitarian" approach to state?

A) John Locke B) Immanuel Kant C) David Hume D) Montesquieu E) Rousseau

Soru 12:

"The main question of Dworkin’s perspective about the equality in resource ownership is about .................." Which of the following meaningfully completes the sentence above?

A) why society does not allocate more financial resources in favour of females to compensate theirrelatively lower engagement. B) why society should keep compensating undesired outcomes emergingdue to individuals’ own choices. C) why society always refers to people who suffer from both unjust socioeconomic distribution and cultural misrecognition. D) whether the recognition is the primary element of justice or not, due to new social movements. E) whether subjects need reciprocal relation in which all parties perceive each other as equal.

Soru 13:

Which of the below is a statement that disagrees with Immanuel Kant's ideas?

A) Those who do not use the mind will always be open to the guidance of others. B) Enlightenment has provided an opportunity for man to use his own mind and in this way to emancipate him. C) The reason is the only way to bring humanity to reality. D) The individual does not have an area of unlimited freedom. E) The private sphere represents the obligations of people to other constituents of society and to political power.

Soru 14:

The state was a consequence of the execution of the power of the strong over the weak. The law of God was superior to the law of men. The immortality of patriotism and the danger of militarism were criticized. Which of the following anarchists advocates these ideas?

A) Pierre Joseph Proudhon B) Leo Tolstoy C) Peter Kropotkin D) William Godwin E) Mikhail Bakunin

Soru 15:

What is Locke's opinion on property?

A) He believes it is a natural right. B) He claims it is against nature. C) He opposes the notion of private property. D) He suggests that property is a need. E) He proposes that property is a must.

Soru 16:

Which one of the followings is a group that Machievelli mainly addresses in his famous work called the Prince?

A) A group who changed the course of administration radically after having the political power B) A group who overthroned due to lack of skill in administrative affairs C) A group who holds property and use the property to gain extensive form of political power D) A group who suffers from the use of oppressive power E) A group who seizes and maintains power by force of arms and their skills

Soru 17:

Whose ideas affected Marx's surplus value theory?

A) Engel B) Godwin C) Ricardo D) Tolstoy E) Bakunin

Soru 18:

Which of the following anarchists reject any kind of obligation upon the individual?

A) Kropotkin B) Bakunin C) Malatesta D) Stirner E) Proudhon

Soru 19:

Which of the following sets of actions can not be enlisted that help to identify what (un)just action could be?

A) Legal rights B) Re-conceptualisation of the issue of power C) Idea of impartiality D) Keeping the promises in the convenant E) Constitutive logic of moral rights

Soru 20:

Which of these anarchists objected to the use of violence?

A) William Godwin B) Mikhail Bakunin C) Peter Kropotkin D) Emma Goldman E) Josiah Warren