PLSC 100 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
"The power of newspapers must therefore grow as equality spreads." - Answer-
Tocqueville - democracy spreads and equality grows so newspapers need to grow to
keep citizens informed because they are a meaningful tool for supporting democratic
participation
"The regime is an arrangement of a city with respect to its offices, particularly the one
that has authority over all matters." - Answer- Aristotle - the regime is the political
organization of a city especially how offices of authority are arranged and who holds
supreme power over the city's affairs
"The sovereign, being of necessity and incontestably above all the citizens, does not
excite their envy, and each thinks that he is depriving his equals of all those
prerogatives which he concedes to the state." - Answer- Tocqueville - even though state
is above all citizens it doesn't make people upset because everyone thinks they are only
restricting themselves and their equals which makes the state's authority seem fair and
legitimate
"Then we must first of all, it seems, supervise the storytellers." - Answer- Plato - stories
need to promote virtue and justice because stories deeply influence people's morals
and beliefs
"Thus a process that guarantees equal consideration for all, you may reasonably
conclude, is more likely to secure the assent of all the others whose cooperation you
need to achieve your ends." - Answer- Dahl - when a decision-making process treats
everyone equally and fairly it increases people's probability of agreeing and cooperating
(even if it doesn't have their wanted outcome) cause they respect the fairness of the
process
"To put it another way, to the extent that any of the requirements is violated, the
members will not be politically equal." - Answer- Dahl - political equality only exists if all
necessary democratic conditions are met, if any are violated it won't work cause some
members of the community will have less influence or power
, "To put it plainly, because we are all equally qualified we should govern ourselves
democratically." - Answer- Dahl - since all are fundamentally equal in their ability to
govern themselves then we should democratically
"A majority that silences or segregates minorities, limits their rights to participate
because they have the 'wrong' religion, or threatens dissenters with treason charges, is
tyrannically undemocratic." - Answer- Anderson - tyranny of majority, minority rights are
still undermined, majority = bad
"And it would seem to be a pleasant constitution, which lacks rulers but not variety and
which distributes a sort of equality to both equals and unequals alike." - Answer- Plato -
democracy seems appealing but it's not actually, freedom = self-interest which leads to
tyranny, disorder cause so many rulers, dangerous to have everyone equal because
some are "unfit"
"Aristocracy links everybody, from peasant to king, in one long chain. Democracy
breaks the chain and frees each link." - Answer- Tocqueville - aristocracy is hierarchical
so depends on each other, democracy collapses those ties leading to social groups that
are individualistic
"Before a policy is adopted by the association, all the members must have equal and
effective opportunities for making their views known to the other members as to what
the policy should be." - Answer- Dahl - equal participation ALWAYS, people must use
their voice in an effective (meaningful) way
"Democracy helps people to protect their own fundamental interests." - Answer- Dahl -
fundamental requirements: equal/effectual participation, enlightened understanding,
voting equality, control of agenda, inclusion of all adults, *gives people the power to
influence decisions
"Even if a dictatorship could give them what they wanted, as the government of
Singapore claims it does for its subjects, democratic citizens would prefer to govern
themselves." - Answer- Anderson - more than materialistic things gained from
democracy, people's needs are being met so why change, not just about outcomes but
about autonomy and respect, value self-rule over being well managed
"Extreme freedom can't be expected to lead to anything but a change to extreme
slavery" - Answer- Plato - freedom=self-interest, this leads to tyranny of the majority
"for if someone tells him that some pleasures belong to fine and good desires and
others to evil ones... he denies all this and declares that all pleasures are equal and
must be valued equally." - Answer- Plato - people don't distinguish between noble and
base desires because they value freedom and equality so much, people treat all
pleasures as equally valid which leads to political collapse
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
"The power of newspapers must therefore grow as equality spreads." - Answer-
Tocqueville - democracy spreads and equality grows so newspapers need to grow to
keep citizens informed because they are a meaningful tool for supporting democratic
participation
"The regime is an arrangement of a city with respect to its offices, particularly the one
that has authority over all matters." - Answer- Aristotle - the regime is the political
organization of a city especially how offices of authority are arranged and who holds
supreme power over the city's affairs
"The sovereign, being of necessity and incontestably above all the citizens, does not
excite their envy, and each thinks that he is depriving his equals of all those
prerogatives which he concedes to the state." - Answer- Tocqueville - even though state
is above all citizens it doesn't make people upset because everyone thinks they are only
restricting themselves and their equals which makes the state's authority seem fair and
legitimate
"Then we must first of all, it seems, supervise the storytellers." - Answer- Plato - stories
need to promote virtue and justice because stories deeply influence people's morals
and beliefs
"Thus a process that guarantees equal consideration for all, you may reasonably
conclude, is more likely to secure the assent of all the others whose cooperation you
need to achieve your ends." - Answer- Dahl - when a decision-making process treats
everyone equally and fairly it increases people's probability of agreeing and cooperating
(even if it doesn't have their wanted outcome) cause they respect the fairness of the
process
"To put it another way, to the extent that any of the requirements is violated, the
members will not be politically equal." - Answer- Dahl - political equality only exists if all
necessary democratic conditions are met, if any are violated it won't work cause some
members of the community will have less influence or power
, "To put it plainly, because we are all equally qualified we should govern ourselves
democratically." - Answer- Dahl - since all are fundamentally equal in their ability to
govern themselves then we should democratically
"A majority that silences or segregates minorities, limits their rights to participate
because they have the 'wrong' religion, or threatens dissenters with treason charges, is
tyrannically undemocratic." - Answer- Anderson - tyranny of majority, minority rights are
still undermined, majority = bad
"And it would seem to be a pleasant constitution, which lacks rulers but not variety and
which distributes a sort of equality to both equals and unequals alike." - Answer- Plato -
democracy seems appealing but it's not actually, freedom = self-interest which leads to
tyranny, disorder cause so many rulers, dangerous to have everyone equal because
some are "unfit"
"Aristocracy links everybody, from peasant to king, in one long chain. Democracy
breaks the chain and frees each link." - Answer- Tocqueville - aristocracy is hierarchical
so depends on each other, democracy collapses those ties leading to social groups that
are individualistic
"Before a policy is adopted by the association, all the members must have equal and
effective opportunities for making their views known to the other members as to what
the policy should be." - Answer- Dahl - equal participation ALWAYS, people must use
their voice in an effective (meaningful) way
"Democracy helps people to protect their own fundamental interests." - Answer- Dahl -
fundamental requirements: equal/effectual participation, enlightened understanding,
voting equality, control of agenda, inclusion of all adults, *gives people the power to
influence decisions
"Even if a dictatorship could give them what they wanted, as the government of
Singapore claims it does for its subjects, democratic citizens would prefer to govern
themselves." - Answer- Anderson - more than materialistic things gained from
democracy, people's needs are being met so why change, not just about outcomes but
about autonomy and respect, value self-rule over being well managed
"Extreme freedom can't be expected to lead to anything but a change to extreme
slavery" - Answer- Plato - freedom=self-interest, this leads to tyranny of the majority
"for if someone tells him that some pleasures belong to fine and good desires and
others to evil ones... he denies all this and declares that all pleasures are equal and
must be valued equally." - Answer- Plato - people don't distinguish between noble and
base desires because they value freedom and equality so much, people treat all
pleasures as equally valid which leads to political collapse
