PHI 101-advocates satyagraha to bring about social change

____________ advocatessatyagraha to bring about social change. Satyagraha is the use of soul force or truth force, as opposed to bodily force.

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____________ proposes the "direct-harm principle" in order to answer the question of when it is justified for the government or society to restrict individual freedom. This principle holds that governmental authority should extend only to those actions that are harmful to others, but not to those actions that concern only the individual.

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____________ contends that women of color are the most oppressed demographic group in capitalistic societies.

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According to Camus, ____________ exists in societies where theoretical equality masks great factual inequalities, which are prevalent in modern democratic societies.

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In an argument for more freedom for teachers in the classroom, ____________ examines the fundamental concepts of democracy and contends that democracy represents the best means of social interaction.

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____________ sees the government and economy of the United States as controlled by a few powerful people, and he argues that the only way to end racism and exploitation is to replace the existing structure with a new society.

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Goldman contends that ____________ is the only political philosophy that combats the most pervasive form of violence in society, which results from ignorance and conflict between individual freedom and social instincts.

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____________ contends that he must remain in prison and go through with his own execution because, by living in a society and benefitting from it, one enters into an implicit contract to uphold that society's laws.

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Like Gandhi, ____________ argues that the decisive action taken against injustice and unjust laws must be nonviolent and guided by love.

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____________ argues that a theo-democracy is more democratic than current Western governments because the entire community of believers has a role in running the state, as opposed to a few elected politicians whose leadership might reflect class and regional interests rather than the will of the people.

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____________ writes that a government's legitimacy comes from the consent of the people being governed.

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Allen uses the term ____________ to refer to Native American systems of government that fuse pluralistic democracy with a recognition of the central importance of the power of women.

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According to Dewey, ____________ is a way of life, not just a form of government.

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Unlike Rousseau and Jefferson, who maintain that government results from a social contract or from the consent of the governed, ____________ and ____________ claim that government (and all other social institutions) results from class struggles in which one class seeks to economically dominate all others.

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According to ____________, individuals exchange their natural liberties for civil liberties by becoming part of a moral collective body governed by the general will of the people. This must be done in order to assure one's survival.