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POL 260
Due date: in-class, on Friday, April 05, 2019 No late submissions will be accepted for any reason.
Assignment should be typed, double-spaced and stapled. Please don’t forget to staple your papers
Note:
1. This assignment is take-me, open-book, and open-notes.
1. You must answer all questions. Your answers should directly address the questions being asked.
1. Your answers must be based on the readings, class notes, and class discussions. Answers that were clearly not based on the readings or class
conversations will not be given credit.
1. You must cite the page number(s) when answering each question. Answers that do not include page numbers references will automatically not receive credit.
Questions
1. How does Martin Luther King Jr. differentiate be- tween just and unjust laws?
1. ls MLK’s position on justice closer to Thrasy- machus or Socrates? Explain.
1. You hear in your biology and sociology classes, that “human intelligence is formed prior to birth, and that it is purely determined by the genes someone inherits from their biological parents”. How would
you respond to this statement from the point of
view of Aristotle?
1. What is Thrasymachus' definition of justice? (note: there could be several definitions that Thrasy- machus offers, list as many as you can, but in short essay form, not a bulleted outline).
1. What about Glaucon's take on justice? (cite pages numbers)
1. How does Socrates answer both Thrasymachus and Glaucon on the question of justice? (don't forget to cite page numbers)
1. Keeping in mind what Socrates says about the ori- gins of human societies, how would he respond to a contemporary economics professor's argument, that "the starting condition of any community is one of scarcity"? Your answer should be detailed and trace Socrates’ argument, including his exam- ples (don't forget page numbers).
8.In the modern U.S. university, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) majors are thought to best develop students' abilities to think. In other words, it is assumed that intellectu- al excellence (virtue) is both sufficient, and best achieved through the study of only the "rational", hard sciences. Critiques this assumption by pre- tending to be Aristotle.
1. Trace John Locke's fundamental arguments about liberal politics by focusing on his discussion of pri- vate property.

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1. According to Martin Luther King Jr., any law that went against the natural law or eternal law, which is the law of the Gods or the law of nature, was an unjust law. This was often called The Classical View. According to Martin Luther King Jr., just laws were those that would uplift human beings, especially their personality and would treat human beings like they were important and had value (Badiou 66). Unjust laws, however, were laws that tried to take away from the personhood of the individual and their personality (Badiou 63). Any law that would damage the personality of the individual, and degrade them, according to Martin Luther King Jr., went against the law of the God, and was thus, an unjust law. Any law that helped build up human beings, would be in favour of God, thus making it a Just law. Just laws helped in creating Justice in the society, while unjust laws went against Natural or Moral laws, thus increasing injustice in the society that was around. It was based on Human personality and Personhood that Martin Luther King Jr. was able to redefine and provide a fresh perspective on the laws in philosophy, especially in terms of Just and Unjust laws. 
2. Martin Luther King Jr.’s opinions on just and unjust laws seem to go along with the opinions of Socrates. Socrates insists that both just and unjust laws exist, because both just and unjust men exist. He also insists that the unjust man would have to bend the ears of the rulers, and this would not go on for very long (Badiou 65). This is the primary reason that Martin Luther King Jr.’s statements are similar to that of Socrates, when he tries to explain that both justice and injustice are applicable, and both would be in favour of the stronger (Badiou 67). Socrates seems to believe that justice is wisdom and virtue, which is also the positive annotations that Martin Luther King Jr would like to annotate to justice as well (Badiou 75). This is thus, the point that would be in favour of Martin Luther King Jr., and his opinion on justice in terms of just and unjust people, laws and the idea of justice as such. 
3. There are a significant number of factors that can increase or decrease human intelligence. Man is a product of the society that he is born into, and this can be changed dramatically by changing the society as such. Poetry and music can have a significant impact on the individual, and their ability to be intelligent. Intelligence is a standard of society as such (Badiou 114). What could be considered a mark of intelligence in one society, such as proper manners, might not be considered a mark of intelligence somewhere else. When the marker of intelligence is based on society, it can be safe to assume that intelligence would also be based on society as well. Thus,

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