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WorksheetsHobbes, Burke & Oakeshott
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
The main ideas of Thomas Hobbes are written in his book called...
Leviathan
Reflections on the Revolution
On Being Conservative
Anarchy, State and Utopia
The main ideas of Edmund Burke are written in his book called...
Leviathan
Reflections on the Revolution in France
On Being Conservative
Anarchy, State and Utopia
The main ideas of Michael Oakeshott are written in his book called...
Leviathan
Reflections on the Revolution in France
On Being Conservative
Anarchy, State and Utopia
Hobbes' view of humans is...
optimistic
pessimistic
Hobbes believed humans to be...
selfish
unselfish
perfect
altruistic
Hobbes described life in a state of nature as " solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and..."
long
short
endless
Hobbes believed that people needed a ......... to give people legal and physical protection
God
prime minister
sovereign
Burke's ideas have influenced...
conservatives and liberals
conservatives and socialists
socialists and liberals
Burke believed in an organic society that would be guided by...
history and tradition
new ideas
radical reforms
The concept of history and tradition providing a 'tried and tested' approach to society is called...
empiricism
altruism
idealism
anarchism
Burke thought that the abstract principles followed in the French Revolution would lead to...
social order
peace
chaos
happiness
Oakeshott is a philosopher of the...
20th century
19th century
18th century
Oakeshott believed that humans were incapable of ....... because they are imperfect intellectually.
rationalism
self-government
pragmatism
Which thinker?
"A state without the means of some change, is without the means of its own conservation."
Burke
Oakeshott
Hobbes
Which thinker?
"To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried"
Burke
Oakeshott
Hobbes
Which thinker?
“The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone”
Burke
Oakeshott
Hobbes
Burke and Oakeshott believed that society should...
change to conserve
change to progress
change to achieve
Definition: the duty of society's elite, the wealthy and privileged, to look after those less fortunate.
(a)
Definition: The idea that knowledge and evidence come from real experience and not abstract theories
(a)
Definition: Society should adapt to to shifting circumstances by instigating small modifications/compromises that preserve the essence of society
(a)
