Polıtıcal Thought Final 10. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Who is one of The Pacifist Anarchists?
Errico Malatesta |
Max Stirner |
Leo Tolstoy |
Mikhail Bakunin |
Peter Kropotkin |
Leo Tolstoy was a Pacifist Anarchist.
2.Soru
Which of the following notions is not true about Marx’s thoughts on social classes in general?
There are two main social classes in all stratified societies, these are a ruling class and a subject class. |
The ruling class owns and controls the means of production such as land, capital, labor, buildings and machinery. |
There is not a fundamental contradiction or a conflict of interest between the two classes. |
The ruling class exploits and oppresses the subject class in order to maintain and reinforce its advantages. |
The institutions of superstructure (social institutions such as religion, law, political system etc.) serve to the ruling class and function as tools for the ruling class domination. |
There is a fundamental contradiction, a conflict of interest between the two classes. C is the correct answer.
3.Soru
Which of the following are defined in Thomas More’s Utopia?
- Total economic equality
- Collective happiness
- Property that is monopolized and absolute
- Authoritarian and hierarchical society
I, II |
I, III |
I, II, III |
I, II, IV |
I, II, III, IV |
In Utopia, happiness of people is emphasized. According to More, happiness is not a singular thing, rather happiness is collective. And the way to reach happiness is through implementing the equality principle. More, therefore argues that equality cannot be ensured in a state where property is monopolized and absolute.
4.Soru
According to Montesquieu, why do people living in the South cannot develop a regular and strong union?
Because every southern has a different idea and strongly defends it. |
Because there like to judge each other a lot. |
Because they are too disciplined. |
Because they don't like being monotonous. |
Because warm climate pushes people to be lazy. |
According to Montesquieu, in the southern countries, warm climate pushes people to be lazy. They do not like working and being disciplined. People living in these regions have problems with authority. For this reason, people living in the South cannot develop a regular and strong union. This includes political structures they build. They build weaker states. It is therefore much easier for states established in the South to be invaded. Similarly, it may be possible to enslave people living in the southern regions.
5.Soru
I. Equality
II. Freedom
III. Rationalism
IV. Property
Which of these define John Locke's nature?
I and II |
II and III |
III and IV |
I, III and IV |
I, II and III |
Locke’s nature is defined by equality, freedom and rationality. Equality: Locke claims that each and every human individual is free, but he also sets some limits to this. Equality, according to him, is to have the equal rights for everyone to attain their own freedom, without being subject to any other’s will and authority. Freedom: Every individual has the right to make use of himself and his property in the way he wishes; however, he is not free to destroy himself or his property without a higher purpose than of its protection. The limits of freedom are determined by responsibilities derived from the natural law. Rationalism: Hobbes claims that equality and freedom direct us to rationalism. When human individuals are supposed to be rational, it means that they have the ability to make a contract.
6.Soru
I. Hierarchical,
II. Authoritarian,
III. Patriarchal,
IV. Competitive.
Which of the ones listed above is among the characteristics of the model of society in More's Utopia?
I & III. |
II, III & IV. |
I, II & III. |
I & II. |
II & IV. |
The model of society that More represents in Utopia is authoritarian, patriarchal, and hierarchical. There is a total economic equality. The elderly, husbands and fathers have respect and authority. Property is collective, there is no competition, and everyone works towards common interests. Utopia takes the Republic of Plato as an example in some ways. There is a longing for the past in this satire where there is an intense criticism of the economy of the business life. Therefore, the correct option is C.
7.Soru
According to Ibn Khaldûn, for the materialization of justice, whose responsibility is it to make ethical codes set forth through fıqh applicable in public space, via incentive and deterrent executions of law?
Ruler(s) |
Free Citizen(s) |
Noble(s) |
Theologist(s) |
Philosopher(s) |
The responsibility of the ruler(s), for the materialization of justice, is making ethical codes set forth through fıqh applicable in public space, via incentive and
deterrent executions of law (Ibn Khaldûn, 1958-I:262-263).
8.Soru
Which of the following is not true about "libertarian view"?
Libertarian view puts forward its own conceptualization on social justice around individual responsibility and entitlement |
Libertarian view rejects the intervention to the spontaneous order of market |
If a person earns much more than others through drawing on equal rights, they should be interfered by the state |
The main characteristic of just society is considered as the one in which everyone is equally entitled to the rights of acquisition |
If a person earns much more than others through drawing on such equal rights, this is a legitimate inequality |
The libertarian view puts forward its own conceptualization on social justice around individual responsibility and entitlement towards acquiring, transferring and holding private property, which all of them illustrate an approach of social justice in terms of individual’s merit and desert. It rejects the intervention to the spontaneous order of market that is assumed to work so as to distribute all desired and undesired goods perfectly just on its own. The main characteristic of just society is considered as the one in which everyone is equally entitled to the rights of acquisition, transfer and holding private properties. If a person earns much more than others through drawing on such equal rights, this is a legitimate inequality since all of them were equal at the beginning of the process in being entitled to these rights.
9.Soru
Who is is commonly accepted as the founder of modern anarchism?
Leo Tolstoy |
William Godwin |
Mikhail Bakunin |
Peter Kropotkin |
Errico Malatesta |
Godwin is commonly accepted as the founder of modern anarchism. B is the correct answer.
10.Soru
According to T. More, what is the only way to distribute the wealth of the country equally and fairly and to make people happy?
Encouraging all the social classes to be politically active |
Obeying the laws |
Eliminating the ownership of property |
Educating the society |
Involve everyone in production |
What Utopia is mainly concerned with is the happiness of people. According to More, happiness is not a singular thing. Happiness has a collective characteristic. The way to reach happiness is through implementing the equality principle. According to More, equality cannot be ensured in a state where property is monopolized and absolute. Thus, eliminating the ownership of property is the only way to distribute the wealth of the country equally and fairly and to make people happy.
11.Soru
What is Bodin’s preference for the best form of government?
Democracy |
Monarchy |
Aristocracy |
Theocracy |
Totalitarianism |
Bodin’s preference for the best form of government is monarchy. Bodin bases his preference for monarchy on three basic reasons.
1. By stating that all-natural laws lead us to monarchy, he claims that monarchy is the most appropriate form of state to nature.
2. He expresses that the talented people in the country could come into prominence only in the monarchy.
3. He asserts that the fact that sovereignty that is absolute, indivisible and continuous, can only take place in the form of monarchy (Ağaoğulları et al., 2016).
12.Soru
Which of the following is not criteria to name 16th century capitalism as commercial capitalism?
Exchange value increasingly gained importance |
It became a means of making a living for masses |
Money was going beyond a thing that met humans’ needs |
Cities were in the front line of a new economic growth |
The legal authority of the church disappeared |
At this very point, in order to name 16th century capitalism as commercial capitalism, it is necessary to get into the further stages leading to industrial capitalism (Beaud, 2003:31). The issue that Smith and Marx named as exchange value increasingly gained importance in the 15th century. Money in the 16th century was yet away from going beyond a thing that met humans’ needs. It became a value for exchange of goods for new capitalist class and a means of making a living for masses (Harman, 2009:184). Cities were in the front line of a new economic growth as in printing and shipping in the middle of the 15th century (Harman, 2009). The effect of technical change and new market relations within feudalism led to a duality in economic and political relations, in which ways of capitalist and feudal behaviors and thoughts embraced as well as conflicted with each other (Harman, 2009). Thus, absolute monarchy already became a widespread form of government in the Western Europe in the early years of the 16th century. The absolute monarchy was a combination of blood and iron depending clearly on force to a great extend (Sabine 1969:3). Church, which was one of the most important institutions of the Middle Age, became the victim of social forces, on which the absolute monarchy depended. Church administrators increasingly came under the rule of the kingdoms, and in the end the legal authority of the church disappeared.
13.Soru
Which of the following statements about anarchists is incorrect?
Anarchists think that state should be totally or partly eliminated. |
All anarchists adopt a leftist ideology and aim for the total elimination of state and the collapse of order. |
Some anarchists do not regard local level administrations such as villages, communes, syndicates as obstructive structures. |
All of the anarchists advocate that government is an obstacle that hinders human flourishing and progress. |
Leftist anarchists claim that the ruling class uses the state as a tool to dominate and restrict the progress of the governed people. |
All anarchists adopt a leftist ideology and aim for the total elimination of state and the collapse of order.
14.Soru
I. The revolution is the overthrown of the state.
II. Social and economic context of the society shape people.
III. Organization and political leadership are necessary for working class.
IV. Working class has potential to destroy capitalism and create a classless society.
Which of the following above can be considered as a similarity between Marxism and Anarchism?
I and III |
II and III |
I, II and IV |
I, III and IV |
II and IV |
While for anarchists, the revolution is the overthrown of the state, for maxists, the revolution is the overthrown of capitalism. Thus, the idea in I is not shared by both groups. For Marxists, organization and political leadership are necessary for working class whereas for anarchists, political leadership is a source of oppression such as state itself. So, this idea is not shared by both groups. But the rest of the options, i.e. II and IV are the ideas shared by both Marxists and Anarchists. So, the correct answer is option E.
15.Soru
Which term refers to the rational and scientific reorganization of political and social relations?
Scholasticism |
Laicism |
Enlightenment |
Conventionality |
Traditionalism |
Enlightenment, defined as “out of darkness” in almost all languages, is a thoughtful current in the center of the mind. Enlightenment refers to the rational and scientific reorganization of political and social relations, in a manner appropriate to the conditions of the new era, as seen by modernity.
16.Soru
Which of the below is one of the leading names of the French Enlightenment?
Francis Hutcheson |
Helvetius |
David Hume |
Adam Smith |
Adam Ferguson |
The leading names of the French Enlightenment are Condillac, Diderot, D’Alembert, Helvetius, Turgot and Voltaire. Thinkers such as Rousseau and Montesquieu also contributed to the Encyclopedia. However, these names with their original theories cannot be attached directly as members of the Enlightenment. It can be said that some of Montesquieu and Rousseau’s theses have a certain critique of the Enlightenment.
17.Soru
Which of the following is the basis of the libertarian understanding of justice?
right of the might |
moral duties |
virtue |
aggregative interest |
inalienable rights |
Different from the utilitarian model of social justice that advocates giving priority to the aggregative interests of society, the libertarian model of social justice highlights importance of certain inalienable rights of individual, such as earning and holding the private property. Thus, E is the correct answer.
18.Soru
Which of the following approach, freedom based judgements of individual's welfare are considered as the focal point of justice?
Capability approach |
Townsend's approach |
Utilitarian approach |
Fraser's approach |
Honneth's approach |
Capability approach
19.Soru
According to Machiavelli, what is the main means of The Prince?
Diplomacy |
Intimidation |
Religion |
Violence |
Poverty |
According to Machiavelli, the main means of The Prince is violence. A prince who wants to hold power should not have any other purpose or thought than war. Machiavelli distinguishes between the violence that is applied rightly and cruelties that are applied wrongly when a prince is coming to the power. However, this definition is not based entirely on a moral basis, and for him, it is an appropriate behavior for a prince to resort to violence intensely at a time in order to secure himself against threats.
20.Soru
Who is the founder of modern anarchism?
Pierre Joseph Proudhon |
Peter Kropotkin |
Mikhail Bakunin |
Leo Tolstoy |
William Godwin |
William Godwin is commonly accepted as the founder of modern anarchism. The correct option is E.
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