Why isn't legitimate political power accurately expressed in the formula "might makes right"?
What will be an ideal response?
Whoever has the most power (the "might") isn't necessarily the justified ruler. A legitimate government has a right to rule. The extreme abuse of political power is tyranny.
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A) Bondi Tree B) Tree of Knowledge C) Bodhi Tree D) Tree of Life
The new discipline of “ecological economics” calculates the value of an ecosystem, not in terms of what people are
willing to pay for it, but in terms of what it would cost to provide the benefits and services that the ecosystem now furnishes us.
a. True b. False
The social ethic of ______ is concerned with government
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. No mint juleps are sour concoctions. Therefore, no sour concoctions are mint juleps
A) Invalid, illicit subalternation. B) Invalid, illicit conversion. C) Invalid, illicit contrary. D) Invalid, illicit contraposition. E) Valid, no fallacy.