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WorksheetsFilosofia tercer trimestre examen 2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
What function does politics have and why do we need politics?
What is a political society, a politically organized society?
Do you think it is necessary to establish a political power? Argue your answer.
What does it mean that political power is coercive and coercive?
What does it mean that political power is legitimized? What advantage does legitimizing power have?
What is the difference between doing politics and doing political philosophy?
What elements compose the state?
What does it mean that the power of the state is sovereign?
Why do you think poles are not states?
What elements, besides the soil, compose the territory of a state?
What distinguishes a democratic state from a non-democratic one?
What distinguishes a monarchical state from a republican state?
What distinguishes a centralized state from a decentralized state?
What distinguishes an autonomous state from a federated state?
What are the political ideologies that serve as the basis for the current state model?
To which social group does the liberal ideology represent?
What is the central idea of liberalism?
What are the two facets of liberalism?
On what ideas does liberalism base its proposal for democracy as a way to choose and legitimize political power?
What measures does political liberalism propose to defend individual freedom against state power?
A constitution and the separation of powers
A strong central government
Absolute monarchy
No measures proposed
What role does the constitution play in limiting state power?
It establishes fundamental rights that rulers must respect
It gives absolute power to the state
It is irrelevant to state power
It allows for arbitrary laws
What is a state of law?
A state where laws, not people, determine what can or cannot be done
A state with no laws
A state governed by a single ruler
A state where laws are arbitrary
What does it mean that the power of the liberal state is limited by the natural rights of the individual?
The state cannot make laws that contradict fundamental rights
The state has unlimited power
The state can ignore individual rights
The state must follow public opinion
What are civil and political rights?
Civil rights: life, liberty, property, thought, expression, movement; Political rights: participation in government, right to vote, fair trial
Only civil rights exist
Only political rights exist
Rights are not defined
What should be the role of the state in the economic activities of individuals according to liberalism?
To limit itself to protecting private property and enforcing contracts
To control all economic activities
To provide jobs for everyone
To nationalize all industries
On what idea or assumption is economic liberalism based?
Individuals, seeking their personal interest in a free market, generate wealth and progress for society
The state should control the economy
Wealth is distributed equally by the state
Economic liberalism has no basis
Do you know under what circumstances a democratic and lawful liberal state can suspend some fundamental rights?
What was the result and cause of organizing the economy under the ideas of economic liberalism?
It generated wealth for the bourgeoisie but misery for the proletariat; the cause was the lack of state intervention
It benefited everyone equally
It caused economic collapse
It had no significant impact
With what purpose did the labor movement and socialism arise, and how do they intend to achieve it?
To improve the living and working conditions of the working class, turning those conditions into economic and social rights; they propose state intervention
To eliminate all forms of government
To create a dictatorship
To maintain the status quo
What are the two socialist paths to achieve their purpose?
Non-democratic path: communism; Democratic path: social democracy
Only one path exists
Both paths are violent
Socialism has no paths
Who is the author of the proposal of communism? In what work is it proposed and on what ideas is it based?
Karl Marx. In his work 'El Capital'. It is based on eliminating private property of the means of production and having the state plan the economy to guarantee equality
Friedrich Engels. In 'The Communist Manifesto'. It is based on class struggle
Vladimir Lenin. In 'State and Revolution'. It is based on dictatorship
Communism has no author
Explain how he intends to achieve political power and why he uses that path.
Through the revolution of the proletariat, because the bourgeoisie had manipulated democracy with censitary suffrage and protected its interests with laws and state forces
By peaceful means
Through elections
By forming alliances with the bourgeoisie
Explain why communism is not a form of democratic government.
Because it does not allow citizen participation in political power; everything is controlled by an elite that decides without citizen intervention
Because it is too democratic
Because it allows for elections
Because it is a form of direct democracy
Explain the proposal of social democracy.
It maintains the democratic system and the market economy, but with state intervention to guarantee labor, social rights, and a dignified life for all through fiscal policies and public services
It abolishes democracy
It is the same as communism
It has no clear proposal
Explain what liberalism and socialism contribute to the social, democratic, and lawful state.
