PD, topics 3-5

According to Augustine of Hippo, there are two kingdoms: city of God and city of ... .

• Law

• Love

• Earth

• Nature

What makes city of Earth a safe place to live in?

• The people themselves

• Just laws

• Clergy

• Monarch

According to Augustine, can a war be justified?

• No, because every war is sinful

• No, because no bloodshed can be justified

• Yes, if the war is waged, e.g., to defend the country

• No correct answer

The purpose of Magna Carta was to ... .

• deprive the barons of their rights

• reduce the king's power

• ban any opposition to the king

• levy new taxes

According to Magna Carta, if a man is imprisoned, it should be done ... .

• by the law of the country

• by the will of the monarch

• by chance

• by God's will

Machiavelli was an ... philosopher and politician of the ... centuries.

• Italian, XIV-XV

• French, XVI-XVII

• Italian, XV-XVI

• Swiss, XV-XVI

Machiavelli's political philosophy belongs to the ... tradition.

• realist

• idealist

• modernist

• postmodernist

... is excusable for the successful leadership, according to Machiavelli.

• Love of truth

• Deceit

• Idealism

• Honesty

According to Hobbes, the people had lived in the ... before the state was established.

• safest conditions

• peaceful mood

• eternal love

• state of nature

The idea of Hobbes's social contract is that the people ... .

• give their liberty to the sovereign to stop the war of all against all

• pay money to the sovereign for protection

• hire the sovereign to administer the country

• establish a constitutional rule in the country.