Ques 1.

Examine the nature and context of western political thought.

Ques 2.

Discuss the philosophical foundations of Plato’s political theory.

Ques 3.

Write a note on Aristotle’s theory of revolution.

Ques 4.

What is the ‘Grand Synthesis’ St. Thomas Aquinas talked about? Elaborate. 

Ques 5.

Elaborate upon Machiavelli’s concept of Universal Egoism. 

Ques 6.

Thomas Hobbes on the laws of nature and the Covenant

Ques 7.

John Locke on social contract and civil society

Ques 8.

Rousseau’s theory of General Will

Ques 9.

Edmund Burke’s critique of the French Revolution

Ques 10.

Immanuel Kant’s formulation of the ‘Categorical Imperative’

Ques 11.

Bentham’s political philosophy

Ques 12.

Tocqueville on democracy, revolution and the modern state

Ques 13.

J. S. Mill on equal rights for women 

Ques 14.

Hegel on Idealism

Ques 15.

Marx’s theory of Surplus Value