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PHILOSOPHY 101-YATES EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
Rousseau's personal concern - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Inequality and government (how to balance individual
freedoms within the good things in government)
When Rousseau focuses on 'Nature as Basis for
Morality', what is he NOT talking about? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ God and the principles of human reason
When Rousseau focuses on 'Nature as Basis for
Morality', what IS he talking about? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Human nature as selfish in a good way, a
naturally good kind of self interest
Humanity's goal according to Rousseau - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ To be a good person
Rousseau says that in our human nature, three things
intersect - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ What we think, what we
do, and how we act
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What does Rousseau say about how humans are shaped
by society? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ We are born
potentially good but society usually shapes us for the
bad
Does Rousseau think people can be inherently evil? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ No
What comes first, natural feelings or acquired ideas? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Natural feelings
What are ideas? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Reasoned
principles; they build on feelings and then guide actions
Who created the social contract? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Rousseau
The social contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A voluntary
agreement among individuals to secure their rights and
welfare by creating a government and abiding by its
rules.
The social contract is the convergence of what? (Moving
from what to what) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Individual
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liberty and general will; moving from natural order to
social order
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rousseau
The puzzle of the social contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
How to be free, moral individuals AND obey laws that
guide us as people
When Rousseau says we are forced to be free, he
means... - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ We are commanded by
laws and authorities, but for the sake of our own liberty
and preservation
What does Rousseau say about reasoning together? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ This will help OR hinder each
person's chance at freedom
How does liberty stay on course in transition from the
state of nature to the civil state? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
It is still there, it just shifts contexts; you lose the purity of
nature, but not the point of conscience
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What is moral liberty? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
freedom from impulse of appetite. Slavery is if you are
always responding to impulse or appetite. Moral liberty
is self-mastery. We demonstrate that we've advanced
past the state of nature
How does the social contract combine natural feelings
and acquired ideas? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ In the quest
for common good
What kind of government does Rousseau prefer? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Minimal government
At full effect, what can natural goodness do? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Serve general will
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Jefferson
Jefferson borrowed from Rousseau in order to... -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. Justify a rejection of British rule
2. Set forth principles for new government
PHILOSOPHY 101-YATES EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
Rousseau's personal concern - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Inequality and government (how to balance individual
freedoms within the good things in government)
When Rousseau focuses on 'Nature as Basis for
Morality', what is he NOT talking about? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ God and the principles of human reason
When Rousseau focuses on 'Nature as Basis for
Morality', what IS he talking about? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Human nature as selfish in a good way, a
naturally good kind of self interest
Humanity's goal according to Rousseau - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ To be a good person
Rousseau says that in our human nature, three things
intersect - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ What we think, what we
do, and how we act
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What does Rousseau say about how humans are shaped
by society? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ We are born
potentially good but society usually shapes us for the
bad
Does Rousseau think people can be inherently evil? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ No
What comes first, natural feelings or acquired ideas? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Natural feelings
What are ideas? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Reasoned
principles; they build on feelings and then guide actions
Who created the social contract? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Rousseau
The social contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A voluntary
agreement among individuals to secure their rights and
welfare by creating a government and abiding by its
rules.
The social contract is the convergence of what? (Moving
from what to what) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Individual
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liberty and general will; moving from natural order to
social order
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rousseau
The puzzle of the social contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
How to be free, moral individuals AND obey laws that
guide us as people
When Rousseau says we are forced to be free, he
means... - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ We are commanded by
laws and authorities, but for the sake of our own liberty
and preservation
What does Rousseau say about reasoning together? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ This will help OR hinder each
person's chance at freedom
How does liberty stay on course in transition from the
state of nature to the civil state? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
It is still there, it just shifts contexts; you lose the purity of
nature, but not the point of conscience
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What is moral liberty? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
freedom from impulse of appetite. Slavery is if you are
always responding to impulse or appetite. Moral liberty
is self-mastery. We demonstrate that we've advanced
past the state of nature
How does the social contract combine natural feelings
and acquired ideas? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ In the quest
for common good
What kind of government does Rousseau prefer? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Minimal government
At full effect, what can natural goodness do? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Serve general will
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Jefferson
Jefferson borrowed from Rousseau in order to... -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. Justify a rejection of British rule
2. Set forth principles for new government
