Polisci Test #2

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Instrumental Activity

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covers almost all of what we do.
-an activity in pursuit of another goal
EX:We pursue the making of bridles, so that we can ride horses, etc.

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Intrinsic Activity

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something that is pursued for its own sake

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Politics

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Politics, in Aristotle, seeks happiness or the good

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Limitations of Politics

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-Not for the young, requires experience
--we cannot expect precision in politics, not the kind of precision that we see in other sciences.

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Characteristics of the good that politics seeks

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self-sufficient, attainable, and social.

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Nature of the Human soul

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it is irrational and rational
Irrational: vegetative and instinctual
-Vegetative:things we need to survive
-Instrinctual: things we desire
Rational: We are capable of reason; we have memory and we possess language.

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Intellectual & Moral Virtues

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Intellectual: we teach these; theoretical and involve practical wisdom.

Moral: we haituate these;something that comes out of habit, like stopping at a red light; made by legislators.
he law is an educative device of the city, and the key to that habituation is punishment for doing wrong.

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Principles of Virtuous Action

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act of a certain kind, agents must know what they are doing, the agent must be the chooser, the act must be chosen for its sake, and the act spings from an unchangeable character

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Differences between Internal & External Particularity

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Internal: gives depth and explains what the person is thinking, feeling and desiring. Has to do with our motivations

External: he act, who did it, when, where, how, etc. surface gives insight into a person acting in the world attemtping to control or change it

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Why does the city need the philosopher and the legislator?

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The philosopher teaches legislators and they in turn habituate us. Thus, the city needs the philosophy; but the philosopher needs the city.

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Spoudaious

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Reasonable, serious person
-lives according to the standards of excellence. knows the importance of living well in accordance with virtue

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What is the Mean?
-Aristotle says...?

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to avoid excess or defeciancy---to balance between all things

Aristotle:We point toward moderation. Or, the middle of a circle. And, we avoid what is pleasant. In other words, be very wary of our own self interst

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What is Sophrosyne?

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soundness of mind. right reason. knowledge of strengths and weaknesses

Right reason:involves a knowledge of self and of balance; and it also means that we are capable of making moral decisions.

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General Justice

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-one who looks to obey the law & treat others fairly, proper conduct, rightousness--regulates proper conduct between society of individuals and in the individual themselves

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Distributive Justice

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how sociecty chooses to allocate resources

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Retributive Justice

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When a wrong is done an imbalance occurs. Retributive justice is restoring that balance, usually by punishing the wrong doer in some fashion.

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What is a Constitution?

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-arrangement of offices to determine who shall govern

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How does Aristotle classify constitutions?

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-normative and empirical
-existing city/state
-what is and what ought

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Normative dimension of Aristotle classification?

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normative-value statement; rule for all
-decides whether those ruling are doing so for all. If so, then that is good. If not, bad.

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Empirical dimension of Aristotle classification?

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who governs, but how many? One, Few, Many?

Aristocracy: the few who govern in the interest of all

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Property
-Good/Bad effects in Aristotle's view

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Good: teaches us about ethics and hard work and reward

Bad:We appeal in ownership to our own self-interest or greed. We are rarely satisfied.

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Polity?
What is necessary to achieve social stablity in a polity?

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Polity:reated by combining democracy and oligarchy

Necessary: large middle class

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Mixed Constitution

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balance of social classes, give each social class a role in gov, dont allow anyone to dominate

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How is Aristotle conservative?
Weaknesses of that conservatism?

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suspicious of utopian thingking, experience of the ages, humans are imperfect,

Weaknesses: just becuase successful in past does not mean it will work now... and we need reason to determind wisdom of ages
-Aristotle defended slavery and a diminished role for women. would NOT want to repeat

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Operational Definition?

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est grades or course grades would be one example of an operational definition of academic success. Class attendance in terms of days missed would measure the independent variable.

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Hypothesis?

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EX:
Class attendance leads to better grades.
Independent: class attendance
Dependent: grades

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Correlation?

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A correlation is a simple relationship, in this case the relationship between attendance and grades.

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Euripides favorites themes?

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abnormal psychology, female heroines, attacks traditional religion, philisophical arguments

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Hecuba

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Slave to Agamemnon former royalty

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Polymester?

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King of Thrace blinded by Hecuba murdered Polydorus

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Polyxena

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Daughter of Hecuba sacrificed at Troy for achilles

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Cassandra

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Agamemnon's personal slave

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Agamemnon

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King of Greece

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Odysseus

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King of Ithaca

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Polydorus

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Hecuba's youngest son

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What is a nomos?

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refers to law, custom, and authority
-ground on which we stand. values, customs, laws upon which we agree

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What destroys the nomos of Hecuba's world?

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Death of children; being enslaved, kingdom destroyed, gods appear to have deserted her

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Hecuba's new nomos?
What is her revenge?

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New Nomos:t is driven by hate and solitary revenge. And, innocence is not protected in it. Her mother love is gone.

Revenge:she blinds Polymestor and kills his children

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What does the play, Hecuba, teach us about civilization?

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Civilizaton is fragile and needs nurturing

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Nature vs Nurture?
Relevance in the play Hecuba?

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She wonder where her daughter gets her heroism. Was she born noble or was it her parenting that made the difference? It appears as if it is both

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How does Gene Robinson say the nurture vs. nature conflict is reconciled?

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-that the way we act is a combination of both
-Nurture is short term; genetics is longer term. Both are important. They interact with one another.

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What is the cognitive component? Affective component.

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Cognitive:what we think, about politics
Affective- what we feel

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What is a Political culture?

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induring pattern of individual attitudes and orientation towards politics