Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Maam tel > Introduction to political philosophy 2 > Flashcards

Introduction to political philosophy 2 Flashcards

1
Q

An Italian Renaissance political philosopher

A

NICCOLO
MACHIAVELLI

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

considered one of the founders of modern
political science

A

NICCOLO
MACHIAVELLI

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

2 most important works of machiavelli

A

The Prince and The
Discourses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Why Machiavelli’s teachings such a
controversy?

A

content and place within
the context

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

believed in the superiority of the
state over individual interests.

A

Plato and Aristotle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

was seen not as vehicle for furthering a
private agenda, but instead as a type of organic
whole, whose pats, when working well, better all itsmembers.

A

The state

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Courage and moderation
were always worth and good

A

Virtue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Cowardice and
dishonesty were always
deemed wrong

A

vices

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

internal
imbalance within the soul

A

Excessive or deficient behaviors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

3 parts of the soul:

A

Reason, spirit and
emotion-overall

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

control emotion with the help of SPIRIT

How well reason ruled the other parts determined the frequency of excessive or deficient behavior

A

REASON

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

directly affected our external
actions and vice versa

A

INTERNAL BALANCE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

awareness of how horridly
people can behave

A

Ancient

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

little effort to change
such misbehavior

A

Machiavelli

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

a leading Florentine
family whose fame and influence emerged duringthe 15th century from a banking empire

A

Cosimo de Medici-member

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Machiavelli spent under then reign
of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo’s grandson-thegreat patron of the arts who championed the
humanistic movement within Florence.

A

Formative years

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Machiavelli’s name appeared in the list of names
likely to be interested in an ill-structure plan to kill

A

Cardinal Giuliano de Medici

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

The Prince and Discourses deal with the different

A

subjects of principalities and republics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

aimed at regaining
POLITICAL FAVOR with the
Medici

A

The Prince

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Written for like-minded
republican friends who
shared the same REALISTIC
POLITICAL SENTIMENTS as
Machiavelli.

A

The Discourses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Similarity:
Methodological consistency in their

A

STRUCTURE,
PURPOSE and TEACHING
Similar THEMES and CONCERNS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

is a deserved entity ( reflects
Machiavelli’s concern with the present worth of political actors

A

Power

23
Q

Machiavelli feels his friends deserve such power(The

A

The Discourses

24
Q

Some doubt whether he thinks Lorenzo worthy of his station

A

The Prince

25
Q

SIMILARITY: Both letters discuss the

A

NATURE OF GIFTS and
INTENTIONS of GIFT GIVERS

26
Q

teaching that is based on his life’s hard work and observations regarding the nature of humanity both in and out of political realm

Not materialistic

Its value is greater than those given commonly by flatterers

A

Gift

27
Q

PURPOSE OF WRITING (BOTH
EXCERPTS)

A

UNDERSTAND and Political utility-core of works

28
Q

A republic and principality may look different but both regimes want

A

stability, order and the means

29
Q

Machiavelli recognized the need for a…of human nature and human actions within the political realm, with its promise of power and glory

A

REALISTIC POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING

30
Q

that provide the means for attaining and
maintain power

A

MAXIMS

31
Q

sees Machiavelli as a “teacher of evil”

A

Leo Strauss

32
Q

Sees Machiavelli’s patriotism as nothing more than “collective selfishness” whereby state acts only in self-promotion, independentof any
consideration of good and evil

A

Leo Strauss

33
Q

Both erroneous and dangerous – places

A

PATRIOTISM AS THE HIGHEST GOOD

34
Q

must himself be bad in order to preserve his reign

A

PRINCE

35
Q

If Machiavelli pronounced chastity,
faithfulness, and other traits as..he would be admitting
to a fixed moral order.

A

Good

36
Q

goodness is not intrinsic but is RELATIVE to success.

A

SITUATIONAL ETHICS

37
Q

is never examined from the perspective of its
inherent value or goodness

A

Morality

38
Q

-(techniques that will be anything but ordinary)

A

New modes and orders

39
Q

is not good in and of itself, and vice is not
inherently bad

A

Virtue

40
Q

Machiavelli suggests that a prince must eliminate the

A

Bloodline

41
Q

A prince must show great

A

Industry

42
Q

Machiavelli’s favorite because it costs the prince little and allows a constant presence of
the prince’s

A

eye and ears

43
Q

unsentimental, calculating elimination of anyone who poses a threat to the prince

Guilt or innocence, right or wrong has no place

Only the effective use of either flattery or murder is prescribed as
means to secure power.

A

Prescriptive order

44
Q

3 modes for those who want tom hold them:

A
  1. ruin them
  2. go there to live personally
  3. let them live by their laws
45
Q

the extraordinary man who breaks away from the traditional boundaries and limitations

A

NEW FOUNDER

46
Q

Energy that directs its attention to do great things here on earth

A

Virtu

47
Q

No power can be attained or maintained
without the use of one’s own arms.

A

GOOD LAWS AND GOOD ARMS

48
Q

A type of foresight and agility that allows a ruler to make the most of a situation,assessing and acting upon proper measures to guarantee success

A

Prudenzia

49
Q

type of clever perceptiveness that allows the new founder to identify such situations

A

Astuzia

50
Q

The Prince and The Discourses offer a

A

Radical

51
Q

In doing so, a prince would lose everything because keeping one’s word proves
dangerous in an ever-changing world. Instead, a prince must employ a kind of

A

harsh realism

52
Q

-calling upon human strength and
warlike qualities)

A

INTERNAL BEAST

53
Q

employs CUNNING and

A

Deception

54
Q

The world is split between those who rule and those who ruled.

A

dual layered moral code

Maam tel (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions