Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley

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1.

One of the reasons Hobbes insists that there must be one, undivided sovereign power is that governments that had multiple parts:
- A.
  
  Involved too much inevitable conflict
- B.
  
  Couldn’t represent the public good well enough
- C.
  
  Couldn’t react quickly enough to the public needs
- D.
  
  Were too hard to maintain properly
Correct Answer
A. Involved too much inevitable conflict

Explanation
374.6

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2.

According to Hobbes, which of the following would be a right of nature?
- A.
  
  The right to life
- B.
  
  The right to liberty
- C.
  
  The right to shoot your neighbor in the head if you feel threatened
- D.
  
  The right to worship how you desire
Correct Answer
C. The right to shoot your neighbor in the head if you feel threatened

Explanation
373.2

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3.

Political thinkers Spinoza, Rousseau, and John Locke have all considered the idea of a contract or agreement as the basis for society. However, they differ on all of the following ideas except:
- A.
  
  The powers such a contract bestows on government
- B.
  
  Whether or not such a contract would or could not be revoked
- C.
  
  The rights of individuals and the necessity of consent
- D.
  
  The grounds on which a citizen might withdraw allegiance
Correct Answer
C. The rights of individuals and the necessity of consent

Explanation
373.8

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4.

The notion of substance has played a significant role in philosophical thought from the time of Aristotle to the present. According to the tradition that Locke inherited, an essential characteristic of substance is that:
- A.
  
  Substances are knowable in terms of their forms (particularly in terms of their essential forms).
- B.
  
  Substances must be known through their incidental properties (e.g. the substance of a lizard is known by its tan color, its scaliness, its being long-tailed and dry skinned).
- C.
  
  The classic distinction between form and matter are lost in the transition from Aristotelian Medieval thought to the new science.
- D.
  
  Existence is the essence of any actual substance.
Correct Answer
A. Substances are knowable in terms of their forms (particularly in terms of their essential forms).

Explanation
377.9

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5.

What does Hobbes say our definition of “good” is as it pertains to thought?
- A.
  
  Something that produces pleasure
- B.
  
  Something that produces happiness
- C.
  
  Something that is morally right
- D.
  
  Something that has been approved by others
Correct Answer
A. Something that produces pleasure

Explanation
369.10 [It seems]

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6.

Plato argues for the thought that some ideas are innate. Locke argues that that the ideas have to be universal in order to be innate. What is the major problem that Locke sees with universality proving innateness?
- A.
  
  Universality would only prove innateness if the ideas were “just known.”
- B.
  
  Universality would only prove innateness if the ideas came to every mind in different ways
- C.
  
  Universality would only prove innateness if there is no other way such ideas could be acquired.
- D.
  
  There is no way that universality could truly prove innateness
Correct Answer
C. Universality would only prove innateness if there is no other way such ideas could be acquired.

Explanation
376.7

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7.

John Locke follows Thomas Aquinas in thinking that even before government is instituted, human beings, through their reason, have access to __________.
- A.
  
  Equal rights
- B.
  
  Inalienable rights
- C.
  
  Natural law
- D.
  
  God’s law
Correct Answer
C. Natural law

Explanation
385.7

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8.

All of the following are reasons why Berkeley is against the abstract idea of a material substance except?
- A.
  
  It is broken-backed as an explanation for the course of our experience
- B.
  
  It is full of contradictions
- C.
  
  It has been a great friend to agnostics
- D.
  
  It is a grotesque construction
Correct Answer
C. It has been a great friend to agnostics

Explanation
397.2

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Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley

One of the reasons Hobbes insists that there must be one, undivided sovereign power is that governments that had multiple parts:

According to Hobbes, which of the following would be a right of nature?

Political thinkers Spinoza, Rousseau, and John Locke have all considered the idea of a contract or agreement as the basis for society. However, they differ on all of the following ideas except:

The notion of substance has played a significant role in philosophical thought from the time of Aristotle to the present. According to the tradition that Locke inherited, an essential characteristic of substance is that:

What does Hobbes say our definition of “good” is as it pertains to thought?

Plato argues for the thought that some ideas are innate. Locke argues that that the ideas have to be universal in order to be innate. What is the major problem that Locke sees with universality proving innateness?

John Locke follows Thomas Aquinas in thinking that even before government is instituted, human beings, through their reason, have access to __________.

All of the following are reasons why Berkeley is against the abstract idea of a material substance except?