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POL215

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1.

According to the cynics, the
most important of all human
concerns is ___

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2.

The idea that progress in
arts and sciences has led to
idleness, inequality and
luxury was promoted by

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3.

Unless the state is a
community for ethical
purposes it is nothing more
than a highway robbery on
large scale, is a view
attributed to ___

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4.

___ brought about the fall
of men in Seneca's golden
age

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5.

man is born free, but is
everywhere in chains, is a
saying attributed to

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6.

In Jean Bodin, citizenship is
due mainly to ___

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7.

s the author of Two
Treatises of Government

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8.

Cicero holds the
as the greatest good of the
state

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The Leviathan was written
to promote political ___

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10.

Machiavelli's political
thought freed Kings from
the shackles of

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In Aristotle's ideal state
which category f people
should not be granted
citizenship

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held that man is a citizen of
two cities

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13.

The men in Locke's state of
nature exist in condition of
total ___

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14.

Machiavelli's famous book
that swept aside all moral
considerations for rulers is
known as ___

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The era of
insisted that all
ecclesiastical authorities
must be under civil
authorities

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16.

Hobbes defines
as the mortal god to which
we owe our peace and
defence under the immortal
God

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17.

The city state, according to
Plato and Aristotle, is
characterised by

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18.

Marriage and ownership of
property is the sole
preserve of ___ in Plato's
ideal state

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The medieval political
system saw the joint
exercise of political power
between the emperor and
the ___

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20.

Aristotle's Politics studied
the constitution of over
constitutions

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John Locke's works are
noted for their strong
aversion to

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fled the city of Athens to
escape murder and prevent
Athens from committing its
second sin against
philosophy

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A theory of action
developed by Bentham is
known as ____

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24.

J. S. Mill's hope of
forestalling the tyranny of
the majority lies in ___

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25.

Rousseau's book on the
education of the citizens
women should be trained to
be ___ and ___

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26.

The constitution which
governs the stoics' world
state is

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27.

According to Epicureans
the wise man should avoid
except when compelled by
circumstances

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28.

Marx advocated the
transfer of ownership of
means of production to

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29.

According to Jeremy
Bentham, man's two
sovereign masters are ___
and ___

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30.

The state of nature in
Hobbes is state in perpetual
___

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31.

The theory that our social
status, either as slaves or
as nobility, was neither a
product of nature nor the
gods, was first promoted in
the Greek society by the
____

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32.

According to early Greek
writers, the corruption of
democracy leads to __

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33.

Hegel considers
as the actuality of concrete
freedom

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34.

In the communist society,
distribution of surplus will
be based on everyone
according to

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35.

Historical idealism is to
Hegel as ___ is to Marx

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36.

The debate concerning the
dual recognition authority of
the church and that of the
state is famously regarded
as

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37.

Cicero defined true law as
right reason in agreement
with

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38.

is reputed as the teacher of
Aristotle

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39.

Despite his possession of
absolute power, the Roman
king was bound to gover his
state on the advise of __

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In the Hobbessian
commonwealth, the
leviethan is not a party to
the

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41.

The rule of the best
members of society is
known as

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42.

The enlightenement
advocate of utilitarianism is
known as

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43.

Machiavelli pioneered the
application of
method in the study of
politics

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According to Aquinas,
another name for divine law
is ___

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45.

Aristotle viewed slaves as
piece of live

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46.

Hobbe's sovereign is
essentially ___ in exercise
of his authority

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For Plato, the ideal state
must be built on

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48.

held that an individual who
can live by himself alone,
outside the polis, is either a
beast or a god

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49.

In Locke's political thought,
all men are God's ____

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50.

The principle of check and
balances among levels of
government was introduced
by

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51.

The only condition for
peace in the
commonwealth as
advocated by Hobbes is for
all to surrender their powers
and rights to ____

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52.

Hobbes' the Leviathan was
a ___account of human
nature and knowledge

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53.

Complete this saying of J.
S. Mill “over himself, his
body and mind, the
individual is ___"

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54.

In Hegel's political thought,
the individual actualises his
material and spiritual needs
in the __

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55.

According to Marsilio's two
good lives, the first good life
consists of proper study of

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56.

According to Cicero, all
men are equal because
they possess

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57.

Marx effectively argued that
the injustice of the
capitalists consists in ____

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58.

The first political thinker to
insist that man has no
supernatural end is ___

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59.

In Aristophanes' political
thought, democracy should
be replaced with

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60.

Karl Marx attributes the
emergence of state to
emergence of ____

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61.

To qualify as leader, Plato
holds that the philosopher
king must be educated until
he or she at least attains
the age of

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62.

s the author of the City of
God

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____, according to Locke,
teaches all mankind that no
one ought to harm another
in his life, health, liberty or
possessions

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In Plato's political thought,
which of these is not among
the three classes of people
in the state?

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is said to be the first to
discuss politics and society
without any recourse to
ethics and jurisprudence

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According to Machiavelli
the good ruler must
possess the character of an
animal called

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67.

The conflict between the
private and public interest,
according to Hegel is
resolved by the

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68.

The dominant socio-political
and economic system in the
middle ages is

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69.

Aquinas maintained that the
main purpose of man on
earth is the attainment of
___

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70.

Aquianas regarded
as having supremacy over
the state

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71.

A government
characterised by honour
and ambition is regarded as
by Plato

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72.

Seneca conceived the
greater state which all
humans belong to as

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73.

Political thought is regarded
as disciplined investigation
of political
that have interested
philosophers over the ages

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74.

The citizens of the world
state of the stoics consist of
__ and ___

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75.

In Hobbes' state of nature
man is governed by ___

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76.

In the philosophy of Karl
Marx,
interest determines human
values

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Rousseau believed that the
first man who, having
fenced in a piece of land,
said, “This is mine,” and
found people naïve enough
to believe him, that man
was the true founder of

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Marx borrowed the idea of
dialectics from

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Rousseau believed that the
natural man is naturally ___

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Cicero regarded __ and
___ as the inherent
qualities of law

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81.

According to the
epicureans, the natural
guiding principle of all men
is

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is the Latin word that
expresses the power of the
Roman king

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The principle that men
collectively or individually
should not interfere with the
liberty of action of anyone
except for self protection is
known as
principle

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The most defining element
of an ideal state in Aristotle
is ____

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As a young student, Marx
embraced ___ which
greatly influenced his future
writings

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The Hobbessian law is
basically a ____

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Marsilio held that in addition
to its truth, religion has
consequences

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88.

Is the sovereign in Jean
Bodin accountable to his
subjects

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In the philosophy of Hobbes
man is essentially ___

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Jean Bodin's idea of
property includes, father,
mother, children, servants
and

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In the greater state of
Seneca, the commonwealth
is bound by morals and
instead of laws

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In Socrates' philosophy,
knowledge is equated with

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According to Karl Marx,
obedience to the state is
absurd. Therefore, the state
should be overthrown
through a

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In Aquianas political
thought, is a devout
Christian bound to obey the
orders of a pagan ruler

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Happiness is defined by
as the avoidance of pains,
worry and axiety

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Aristotle held that the state
was originally formed to
satisfy ____

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The major characteristic of
the soldier in Plato's ideal
state is ____

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Aristophanes is famous for
defending the ____ nature
of Greek society

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contemplated an ideal state
where women rather than
men would be leaders

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100.

The theory that kings
derived their rights to rule
directly from God is known
as

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101.

The reformation author of
the Leviathan is

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102.

The chief end or purpose of
man on earth, according to
Locke is ___

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103.

Which of these is not
among the subjects to
which the ruler in Plato's
ideal state must be
exposed to?

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104.

The ultimate rulers in
Plato's political thought are
the ___

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105.

Hobbes belief in absolute
monarchy led him to self
imposed
in Holland when
parliamentary authority was
established in England

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106.

Marx holds that the state
exists to protect the interest
of the ____ class

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107.

The school where Plato
taught his political and
other theories is known as
the__________

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108.

Which of these is not
among the fathers of the
church?

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109.

Aquianas' name for the type
of law which is a reflection
of divine wisdom in created
things is ____

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Code Napoleon ephasised
that the state should not
encroach on the individual
of the citizens

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___ is regarded as the
founder of Stoicism

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The practice of land
ownership held in fief by
serfs is called ____

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113.

Epicureans believe that the
do not care about men and
do not interfer either for
good or bad in their affairs

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Which of these is not
among the types of
commonwealth in which the
leviethan can operate
according to Hobbes?

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115.

In political thought
philosophers are not only
concerned with objective
realities of a political
system but also what
should constitute the ____
state

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Politics was defined by
Aristotle as extension of

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117.

The saying that the end
justifies the means is
derived from whose political
philosophy?

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118.

tyranny rather than political
tyranny, in the view of J. S.
Mill poses more challenge
to modern nations

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119.

Which of these is not a
thinker of the
enlightenment?

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120.

Jean Bodin held that for the
power kings to remain
unquestioned his rules
must conform to ____

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121.

The defining element of
capitalist labour, according
to Marx, is that it engenders
___

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122.

Political thought establishes
the ____ upon which states
and their machineries can
be objectively assessed

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Do the individuals in
Hobbes' commonwealth
possess the right to rebel
against their ruler?

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is the sophist who first
regarded all laws as social
conventions rather than
natural

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Which of these is not
among the powers of the
sovereign as ascribed to by
Jean Bodin?

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126.

The enlightenment
philosophers placed so
much on the power of
to free man from
oppressive political and
religious systems

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127.

Aristotle considered the
pursuit of ___ as the end or
purose of state

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128.

Which of these is not
among the factors that
influenced man into
entering contract with his
fellows in Hobbes'
philosophy?

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129.

revolution resulted in the
transfer of power from the
king to the parliament

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130.

Which of these is not
among the basic rights of
individuals in John Locke?

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131.

Both Rousseau and
Hobbes recognised ___ as
the highest law in the state
of nature

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132.

The soldiers in Plato's state
corresponds with
part of the human body

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133.

A bad form of government
where property and wealth
determine who rules is ___

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held that political carrer has
nothing good to offer the
good man but will rather
extinguish his goodness

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135.

___ is the propounder of
harm principle

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Which of these is not
among the best form of
government acoording to
Aristotle?

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137.

Another name for the Greek
city states is

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138.

According to Rousseau, the
real and only man of virtue
is the

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139.

According to Bodin, the
state is distinguished from
band of robbers only on the
fact that it exercises ____

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140.

Rousseau political thought
emphasised the primacy of
the ____ in determining
political authority

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141.

The presence of ___ is the
most distinguishing factor
between the state and other
associations in the political
thought of Jean Bodin

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142.

____ is refered as the
father of comparative
politics

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143.

Marx holds that it is under
communism that the
highest stage of
will emerge

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144.

According to Aristotle, the
state has its organic origin
in the

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145.

The author of Introduction
to the Principles of Morals
and Legislation is

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146.

Western political thought is
said to have its origin in
_____

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147.

According to Cicero, the
law that governs other laws
is known as the

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148.

The theory that securing
the greatest happiness of
the greatest number of
people is the duty of
government is known as
___

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149.

Aristotle regards
as the highest form of
government

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150.

Hobbes' social contract is
an agreement between the
subject and ___

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