PHIL 332
End of Class Questions
April 19, 2006: "This is
to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs
may be done them by pole cats, or foxes; but are content, nay think it
safety, to be devoured by lions."
This quotation summarizes
Locke's response to Hobbes on a central question of Hobbes's political
philosophy.
(a) What is the central
question of Hobbes's political philosophy that Locke is addressing?
(b) What is Hobbes's answer
to that question?
(c) Explain how this
quotation captures Locke's response to Hobbes on that question.
April 26, 2006: Explain what
Rousseau means when he says: "When
the opinion contrary to mine prevails, that only proves that I was mistaken,
and that what I had considered to be the general will was not. If my private opinion had prevailed, I would
have done something other than I had wanted to do, and then I would not have
been free."(466) Cite to the text.
May 19, 2006: What are the
most important similarities and differences between Tocqueville and Burke? Cite to the text.
June
2, 2006: Who was your favorite author in the
course? Explain.