Topic: Western Political Thought
Marx’s concept of ‘alienation’ is an essential part of the reality in capitalism. Explain.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 alienation ≠ moral complaint about employers → it is the objective condition of capitalist lifeRoute 2 estrangement is material & social,…
Comment on the J. S. Mill’s ideas on women suffrage
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Mill = earliest major male advocate of women’s vote → sex no basis for political rightsRoute 2 restricted-franchise century → his…
Comment on the Locke’s Social Contract in 150 words.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 contract argues for limited, consent-based government, not absolute powerRoute 2 men quit a moral state of nature (freedom/equality under natural law,…
Individualism is inherent in Hobbes’ absolutist ideology. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 claim sound → individual is the root of absolutism, not its casualtyRoute 2 absolute state built on individualist ground → individualism…
Comment on the State of Nature as State of War (Hobbes) in 150 words
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 state of nature = hypothetical pre-political condition → no common power, law or judge → therefore a state of warRoute 2…
The legal subordination of one sex to another is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human development.’ (J. S. Mill). Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Subjection of Women = Mill’s fullest statement on gender justice → quote fuses two claimsRoute 2 equality as both justice and…
Comment on the Locke’s views on Revolution in 150 words
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 revolution flows from trust theory → state holds delegated power, real power stays with peopleRoute 2 Locke as defender of the…
Comment on the Hobbesian notion of Political Obligation in 150 words
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 define obligation (duty to obey state/law) → stake: nearly unlimited, self-imposed to flee war of all against allRoute 2 start from…
John Stuart Mill is a ‘reluctant democrat’. – C. L. Wayper
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 defends representative government → but conditions democracy at every turn → Wayper’s ‘reluctant democrat’ → captures caution, not commitmentRoute 2 representative…
John Locke is the father of liberalism. Explain.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Locke at centre of modern liberal thought → Seliger: first to elaborate liberalism as a complete systemRoute 2 rights + consent…
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