POL SCI 4 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Common Worship, Colonial Mentality, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The first midterm will cover dostoyevsky, mill and rousseau. It will consist of two essay questions and last for one hour. You should plan to take 5-10 minutes to think about each answer, and about 20-25 minutes to write it. Your essay should directly address the question, nothing more. Below is the universe of questions that will appear on the midterm. However, if you can answer these, you should do fine in the exam. offers for human beings turning away from freedom. Discuss two reasons that the old man (the inquisitor) in dostoyevsky"s grand inquisitor. D"s gi conveys the idea that although we are born free, most of us turn away from freedom. Passions/ desires/ urges/ needs and freedom > driven by these means slavery. Freedom does not bring about riches or production, but discipline and suffering. Authority and directive/ common worship and ensnaring of conscience.