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dmcintosh · **on:** Aug 4, 2018

Without a powerful state capable of deterring crime, all citizens are vulnerable to predators; therefore, human survival is promoted by the creation of a strong state capable of severely punishing any and all individuals who threaten to harm others. This describes the argument of

a. Hobbes in The Leviathan.
b. Plato in the allegory of the cave.
c. Aristotle in justifying oligarchy as a good form of government.
d. Mill in advocating the rule of princes.

Question 2

Justice consists of following nature. This idea arises in the philosophical writings of

a. Machiavelli.
b. Madison.
c. Plato.
d. None of the above is true.