Philosophy 355
Final Exam Study Guide
Section I (approximately 1/3
of the test)
You should be able to
explain the following concepts in a few sentences:
From Hampton: natural subordination theory, divine authority
theory, perfectionist theory,
prisoner's
dilemmas, coordination games (problems), convention consent
mastery,
liberalism, communitarianism
From Hobbes: appetite/aversion, good/evil, felicity, power,
Hobbes' first 3 laws of nature
From Locke: civil society, dissolution of society/dissolution of
government
From Rawls: reasonable pluralism, free and equal persons,
overlapping consensus, original
position, veil of ignorance, Rawls' 2
principles of justice, primary goods, fair
value of political liberties, fair equality
of opportunity
From Nozick: protection agency, minimal state,
historical/end-result principles, patterned,
unpatterned principles, the Wilt
Chamberlain example
From Walzer: dominance, monopoly
Section II (approximately 2/3
of the test)
You should able to develop longer essays (a number of paragraphs) on the following topics
--Set out and critically assess Hampton's criticism of Hobbes' social
contract theory
--Set out and critically assess Hampton's criticism of Locke's social
contract theory
--Set out and critically assess the main features of Hampton's
consent-based theory of
political authority
--Set out and critically assess the account of freedom and equality in
two of the theories
we have examined. (those of
Hobbes, Locke, Rawls, or Nozick)
--Set out and critically assess Okin's critique of Rawls' theory
--Set out and critically assess Lyon's or O'Neill's criticism of
Nozick's theory
--Set out and critically assess Walzer's general account of the nature
of social goods and
the principles of justice that
determine their distribution.
--Set out and critically assess Walzer's account of needs in Chpt. 3 of
Spheres (focusing
on
his account of how needs
are determined and the proper distributive principle for them).