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Assignment - Political Philosophy
Instructions: Please note that the questions below are based on the Unit readings and are intended to be both an outline of the units' material and the basis for your Unit Assessment, so please give your best effort to answering them thoroughly. The task is to respond to all 15 of the questions below. Each question will be worth two points.
The format for submission is to include the questions with the replies. Example:
How does one know what the good life is?
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1. List 5 question that are dealt with in the study of political philosophy.
2. What 3 things must be legitimized wherever there is a STATE?
Follow the link to the article on Political Philosophy, and answer the question below:
https://www.iep.utm.edu/polphil/
3. Explain in what way political philosophy is said to have ethical foundations.
4. In pursuing a philosophical examination of political activity, philosophers also divide between those who are methodological individualists and those who are methodological holists. What is the difference? What is the idea behind the term Polyligism?
5. What are the twodistinct positions that the term "liberalism" conveys in political philosophy?
6. What did the cultural historian Jacques Barzun mean by the expression the "Great Switch," as it relates to Nineteenth Century Liberalism?
7. Describe some of the major political features of Liberalism; be sure to distinguish in some manner between the Classical and Modern Liberalism.
8. Describe some of the major political features of Conservatism, according to the article.
9. Explain the main idea behind Socialism.
10. Explain the socialist idea regarding Central Ownership?
11. Explain the Socialist "Moral Critique of Capitalism."
12. Explain the political approach of Anarchism. (75-100 words)
13. What are the distinguishing characteristics of Environmentalism?
14. Briefly define the following Theories of Government: Natural Law and Divine Right, Power-Might Makes Right, and Social Contract.
15. Briefly define the following Theories of Government: Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, Marxism, and Justice Theory.
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How each part of ratio could cause return on assets to fall
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Rapidly changing and competitive business world
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Identify challenges that would be involved in distributing
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Find the pressure rise and efficiency as a function
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Explain the political approach of anarchism
: In pursuing a philosophical examination of political activity, philosophers also divide between those who are methodological individualists and those who are methodological holists. What is the difference? What is the idea behind the term Polyligi..
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According to the irr decision rule
: A project has the following incremental cash flows for years zero through year 5, respectively: -$2,500, $800, $600, $700, $400 and $300. If the firm's cost of capital is 8%, according to the IRR decision rule, should the firm accept or reject t..
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What is the advantage of segregating extraordinary items
: What is the advantage of segregating extraordinary items in the income statement?- If profits as a percent of sales decline, what can be said about expenses?
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How you sell your idea to a high content versus low culture
: Think of an idea you are passionate about. How would you sell your idea to a high content versus low content culture? How about a low power distance versus high power distance culture?
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Incremental cash flows
: A project has the following incremental cash flows for years zero, through year 4, respectively: -$3,000, $1,900, $900, and $800. Is 9% the IRR of this project? If not, is where is the IRR compared to 9%?
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