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This Glossary provides help with vocabulary used in the Workbook that accompanies
'Thinking Through A World of Ideas'.
1. Government
i) Thomas Hobbes
Q: What would life be like if there was no higher authority than ourselves: if we were totally free to do whatever we liked, whenever we wanted?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘authority’.
GOVERNORS
PREFECT
OFFICIALS
CONTROL
OBEY
OFFICIAL
POLICE
COLONEL
COMMANDER
DISOBEY
DISREGARD
LOCAL
OFFICER
OFFICIALDOM
ORDERS
POLICEMAN
RESPECT
SALUTE
BAN
BOSS
CHAIRMAN
CHOOSERS
CIVIL
COMMAND
COMPEL
COMPLAIN
CONDITION
DEMOCRATIC
DENIAL
DEPRESSING
DETECTOR
DETERMINED
DIRECTOR
DISALLOW
DISAPPROVE
DISCIPLINE
DISMISSED
DISTRUST
DOMINANT
FOREMOST
FORMS
HARSH
HEADMASTER
HYPOCRISY
INJUSTICE
JAILER
JUDICIAL
JUSTIFIED
LABEL
LEADER
LECTURER
LICENCE
MAGISTRATES
MISMANAGED
OBLIGATORY
OPPRESSOR
ORGANISATION
ORGANIZATION
PARENT
PARENTS
PERMISSION
POSITION
POSTS
SENIOR
STAMP
STATE
STEWARD
STRICT
TEACHER
TITLE
TROUBLE
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ii) Niccolo Machiavelli
Why do you think people respect strong leaders? What kind of leader would you respect most? Give reasons and examples in your answer.
Here are some words associated with the word ‘strength’.
WEAKNESS
MUSCLE
WEAK
FORCE
ARM
MUSCLES
POWER
STRONG
WHITE
ARMS
ATHLETE
CALM
CONCENTRATION
COURAGE
FIRMNESS
FORT
FORTITUDE
GRIP
HARD
IRON
MAN
MATERIALS
MEN
MIGHT
MIND
PEOPLE
PROTECTION
PULL
PURPOSE
STRESS
TENSION
TOUGHNESS
TOWER
UNAFRAID
VIGOUR
VIRILITY
VITALITY
WEIGHT
WILL
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iii) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Is it ever right to take someone’s property without their consent? In what circumstances?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘property’.
HOUSE
LAND
MINE
LOST
OWN
OWNER
OWNERSHIP
CAPITALIST
DEVELOPMENT
ESTATE
GOODS
GOVERNMENT
HOME
HOUSES
LAWYER
MARKET
MONEY
OWNERS
THEFT
ACT
AGENT
BELONGING
BILL
CHARACTERISTIC
CLOTHES
DISTRICT
FIELDS
FLATS
HOLDER
INVESTMENT
KEEP
MERCHANT
MORTGAGE
OWNED
PARENTS
POSSESSION
POSSESSIONS
PRIVATE
RECORDS
RICH
RIGHTS
SHARES
TAX
TYCOON
VALUE
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iv) Thomas Jefferson
What does the word ‘democracy’ mean? Do you think your country is democratic?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘democratic’.
GOVERNMENT
REPUBLIC
PARTY
PEOPLE
COUNTRY
FREE
REPUBLICAN
STATE
VOTE
POLITICS
UNDEMOCRATIC
AUTHORITY
COMMUNIST
CONVENTION
EQUAL
FAIR
FREEDOM
GOOD
HYPOCRITE
INSTITUTIONS
JUST
LIBERAL
LIFE
OFFICIAL
PARLIAMENT
PATHETIC
PRESIDENT
PUBLIC
RUBBISH
UNIVERSITY
UNTRUE
UNTRUTH
WASTE
WAY
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v) Hannah Arendt
How would you define ‘the human spirit’? Why would anyone want to crush it?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘tyrant’.
OPPRESSOR
OPPRESSION
OVERLORD
AGGRESSOR
CRUEL
DICTATORSHIP
POWERFUL
TERRORIST
ANARCHIST
BOSS
DICTATE
EDITOR
HEADMASTER
KNAVE
LANDLORD
MONARCH
REGIME
TERROR
UNJUST
KING
DICTATOR
POWER
RULER
BULLY
MAN
OGRE
AWKWARD
BAD
BLACK
CASTLE
DESPOT
GENERAL
INFIDEL
KNAVE
LANDLORD
OVERLORD
PETTY
ROGUE
RUTHLESS
SLAVE
STRONG
SUCCESS
VILLIAN
WHIP
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2. Justice
i) Aristotle
What is justice? Could you define it? Do you think your society is a just one or not?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘justice’.
LAW
PEACE
JUDGE
COURT
INJUSTICE
SCALES
GOOD
DONE
FAIR
FREEDOM
ORDER
RIGHT
TRIAL
TRUTH
BLIND
CHIEF
COURTS
FEAT
HOPE
IMPOSSIBLE
JAIL
JURY
LAWYER
MALICE
MERCY
MINISTER
OF THE PEACE
RIGHTEOUSNESS
ROUGH
UNATTAINABLE
WRONG
INJUSTICE
FAIRNESS
SCALES
UNFAIR
LAW
LAW-COURT
JURY
JUDGE
JUDGMENT
AUTHORITY
CRIMINAL
JUDICIAL
JUSTIFIED
LEGAL
MAGISTRATE
MAGISTRATES
MERCY
TRIAL
UNFAIRNESS
VERDICT
ADJUSTMENT
APPEAL
CONJURORS
CORONER
DISPENSE
FREEDOM
HARSH
HINDERED
JAIL
JUDGEMENT
JUST
LACK
LAWYERS
MALICE
MERCY
MINISTER
PENURY
PILLAR
PINNACLE
POLICE
POWER
PREJUDICE
PRESENT
RIGHT
RIGHTEOUSNESS
RIGHTFUL
STEALING
TOUGH
UNJUST
WORRY
WRATH .
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ii) Frederick Douglass
Do you think it is always right to treat people in different ways? Why do you think that? Do you think you are fairly typical in the way you deal with other people?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘prejudice’.
PRIDE
BIAS
BIGOTRY
ATTITUDE
HATER
OPINION
UNFAIRNESS
ALIENATE
ANTICIPATION
COLOR
COLOUR
COLOURED
CONDEMNATION
DISTINCTION
EXTREME
HATE
IGNORANCE
IMMIGRANT
POLITICIANS
PREFERENCES
PRINCIPLES
RACIALISM
RIGHTEOUSNESS
UNEQUAL
UNFAIR
RACIAL
PRIDE
BIAS
RACE
BLACK
BIASED
JUDGE
AGAINST
APARTHEID
BAD
BIGOTRY
BLACKS
BLIND
CASE
COURT
DISLIKE
FREEDOM
HATE
INTOLERANCE
JUSTICE
LAW
NARROW
NATURE
NAUSEA
ONE SIDED
OPINION
REALLY
UNJUST
VICE
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iii) Henry David Thoreau
Is government necessary? Why? Why not? What does a government do that cannot be done by individuals?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘government’
DEMOCRATIC
CONSTITUTION
POLITICS
PARLIAMENT
POLICY
LEGISLATE
POLITIC
POLITICIANS
CORRUPTION
ECONOMY
LABOUR
STATE
MISMANAGED
OFFICIALS
OPPOSITION
REGIME
ANARCHY
AUTHORITY
CAPITALIST
CRISIS
DEVALUE
ECONOMICS
HOME RULE
HYPOCRISY
OFFICIALDOM
OPPRESSOR
POLITICIAN
POWER
PROPERTY
SANCTION
SOCIALISM
SOCIALIST
ALDERMAN
ANARCHIST
BIAS
CENSOR
COMMITTEE
CONCESSIVE
CONSERVATIVE
CONSULATE
CORRUPT
COUNCIL
DECAY
DEPARTMENT
DEVIANT
DICTATE
EFFICIENT
ELECT
ENEMY
EXPEDIENT
FIASCO
FORMS
FREEZE
HOUSING
IMPERSONAL
LOCAL
MAJORITY
MANIPULATE
MISERLY
NEGLECT
OFFICIAL
OPPOSE
OPPOSED
ORGANIZATION
PAMPHLET
PLANNING
PLUTOCRAT
POLL
PRECARIOUS
REFORM
REPRESENTATIVE
REPUBLIC
SECURITY
WELFARE
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iv)
Do you think the words ‘better than’ should be applied to people? If so, why? If not, why not?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘equality’.
WOMEN
FRATERNITY
INEQUALITY
RACE
SAME
SEX
EQUAL
FEMALE
SEXES
FREEDOM
COMMUNISM
RACIAL
BALANCE
BLACK
EQUALS
EQUATE
EQUIVALENT
EVEN
FAIRNESS
FEMALES
LABOUR
PLEASANT
PROBLEMS
RACES
RIGHTS
SEXUAL
SOCIAL
SOCIALISM
VOTE
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v) Martin Luther King Jr.
What should people do if they are denied the right to protest over an injustice? How far should protest be allowed?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘injustice’.
JUSTICE
LAW
WRONG
UNFAIR
COURT
JUDGE
CRIMINAL
ANGER
BAD
CRIME
CRUELTY
LIFE
PEACE
APARTHEID
AUTHORITY
COLOUR
COURTS
EVIL
FAIRNESS
FALLACY
FEAR
FIGHT
FORCE
FREEDOM
FREQUENT
GUILT
HATE
INHUMAN
INJUSTICE
INTOLERANCE
MISTAKE
ORDER
PLENTY
QUARREL
REMEDY
RIGHT
TRIAL
UNFAIRNESS
WORLD
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3. Wealth and Poverty
Adam Smith
Is economic activity always increased by competition? Are there ever any exceptions?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘wealth’.
MONEY
RICHES
POVERTY
RICH
HEALTH
POOR
GOLD
AFFLUENCE
CAPITAL
COMFORT
CRIME
DECEIT
DISTINCTION
EXPENSE
FUTURE
GREAT
HAPPINESS
MAN
NATION
POUND
SECURITY
SPLENDOUR
STOLID
WHITE
WISDOM
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i) Karl Marx
Should the labour of a man be treated as other factors of production such as capital and land? If not, why not?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘capitalism’.
MONEY
COMMUNISM
SOCIALISM
GOOD
POLITICS
DEMOCRACY
EXPLOITATION
FACTORY
INDUSTRY
MARXISM
STATE
ANARCHY
BUSINESS
CAPITAL
DEMOCRATIC
DICTATOR
ECONOMICS
FASCISM
FASCIST
FEAR
FEUDAL
GAIN
GAINS
HATE
HISTORY
IMPERIALISM
JUSTIFICATION
MATERIALS
PROLETARIAT
RACIALIST
REVOLUTION
SOCIAL
SOCIETY
WORK
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ii) John Kenneth Galbraith
Is a certain amount of ‘relative poverty’ inevitable in a free society? How could ‘relative poverty’ be removed? Would this be desirable?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘poverty’.
POOR
STRICKEN
HUNGER
SLUM
RICH
SLUMS
MISERY
WEALTH
BREAD
DEGRADATION
MONEY
RICHES
ACTION
BAD
BEGGAR
BROKEN
CHILDREN
DESPAIR
DESTITUTE
DRUDGERY
FAMINE
FILTH
HELP
MISFORTUNE
PEASANT
RAGS
RICHNESS
SHACK
SQUALOR
WORRY
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iv) Milton & Rose Friedman
Is freedom of opportunity sufficient for everyone to be free? Is freedom of opportunity possible or impossible? If it is not possible, what prevents it from being so?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘opportunity’.
KNOCKS
CHANCE
LUCK
JOB
MISSED
TAKEN
ABILITY
ARISES
FAILURE
FIND
FUTURE
GOAL
GOOD
HAPPINESS
MISSES
OFFERS
PEOPLE
SELDOM
STOPS
TIME
WORK
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iii) Robert B. Reich
What is implied by the phrase ‘producing at the lowest cost’? Which variables would you include under costs?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘cost’.
PRICE
EXPENSE
FEE
EXPENSES
CHARGE
FARE
ACCOUNT
AMOUNT
EXPENSIVE
ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTS
ACHIEVEMENT
BENEFIT
BOUGHT
DEAR
DEAREST
DEFICIT
EFFECTIVENESS
EXCESSIVE
LUXURY
MERCHANDISE
MOST
OWING
PAY
PRODUCTION
PURLOIN
REASONABLE
RISING
ROBBING
SUMS
TOTAL
TRADE
VALUE
VALUES
WEIGH
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iv) John Paul Getty
Am I always free to spend my money as I wish? Do you think there are any exceptions, and if so, what are they?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘wealth’.
PROSPERITY
AFFLUENCE
RICHES
HEALTH
PROSPERITY
ACCUMULATE
INHERITED
MONEY
PROSPEROUS
GRANDEUR
POSSESSIONS
ACQUIRED
MATERIAL
POVERTY
ARISTOCRACY
DEARTH
JEWEL
MINERAL
MONIES
ACCRUE
ACUMEN
BEREFT
BOUNTIFUL
CAPITAL
COMMERCE
DESERVING
ECONOMY
FINANCE
FITNESS
FORTUNE
FUND
GOLD
HARD WORK
HARDSHIP
HOARD
JEWELS
MEANS
MILLIONAIRE
PALACE
PILFERING
PLENTY
POOR
POSSESSION
REALISED
REFUSED
RICH
SHARE
SLATE
STATUS
TAP
THRIFT
TREASURE
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4. The Mind
i) Plato
Which is the most important of the five senses or are they equally important? Could you rank them in importance and give your reasons for choosing which one you would place first and which last?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘senses’.
EYES
SMELL
TOUCH
FEELINGS
FIVE
FEELING
FEELS
LENSES
MIND
NOSE
PERCEPTION
SIGHT
EARS
EYE
LOST
NERVOUS
SIX
BEMUSED
BODY
CONSCIOUS
CONTACT
CRY
DEAD
FASCINATING
FEAR
FINE
HEAR
HEARING
INTENTION
KNOCKED
LIFE
MEDIA
MINDS
NERVES
NEURONS
ORGANS
PLEASURE
PSYCHOLOGY
SENSELESS
STIMULATED
SWOON
WITS
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ii) Sigmund Freud
What part, if any, do you think your sub-conscious plays a part in your life? Can you provide examples?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘consciousness’.
AWAKE
AWARE
ALIVE
SLEEP
AWARENESS
MIND
BRAIN
THOUGHT
UNCONSCIOUS
UNCONSCIOUSNESS
DEATH
PATIENT
ACCIDENT
ALERT
BODY
DARK
DREAM
FLOW
FUN
HAPPY
HAZE
KNOWING
LIFE
LIGHT
NOW
OF MIND
OUT
REIGN
SELF
SENSE
SENSES
SOBER
STREAM
WAKE
WAKING
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iii) Carl Jung
Do you think we are born knowing certain things? If so, what sort of things? Does civilization add or subtract from the items we think we know from birth?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘knowledge’.
COGNITION
KNOWING
KNOW
ENLIGHTENMENT
LEARNING
IGNORANCE
INFORMATION
WISDOM
ABILITY
SAVOIR
EXPERT
ASSIMILATE
EXPERIENCE
GENERAL
INSIGHT
REALISATION
RECOGNITION
SCIENCE
CERTAINTY
FACT
IGNORANT
INTELLIGENCE
KNEW
KNOWN
LEARN
ACQUIRED
AQUAINTANCE
FACTS
IGNORE
INSTINCT
QUEST
ABSORB
ACKNOWLEDGED
ACQUAINTANCE
ACQUIRE
ACUMEN.
ADEQUATE
ADVICE
ANGST
ASCERTAIN
ATTAIN
BASIC
BELIEF
BOOK
BOOKS
CAPABLE
COMPARTMENTS
DEPRESSED
DISCOVER
DOUBT
EDUCATE
EDUCATION
ENQUIRIES
ESSENTIAL
ETHICS
FAME
FIND OUT
FOUNTAIN
GRASP
HEALTH
HEDONIST
IDEALS
IMBIBE
INDEX
INDIFFERENT
INSIDE
INTELLECT
LACUNAE
LIGHT
MINDS
PAMPHLET
PARIAH
PERCEPTION
PROFESSOR
QUESTION
REALIZE
RELIGIOUS
RESULTS
RETAIN
REVEAL
SCIENTIFIC
SCIENTIST
SEEKING
SEMINAR
SENSE
SPECIALIZE
TAUGHT
THINKING
THIRST
TREASURE
UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTOOD
UNIVERSAL
UNSURE
VISION
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iv) Karen Horney
Do you agree that there is a part of each of us that cannot be shared with others – that belongs uniquely to each individual?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘individual’.
PERSON
SELF
ALONE
PERSONAL
FREEDOM
MYSELF
LONELY
MAN
SOLE
BOURGEOIS
CLOSE
DETACHED
DIFFERENCES
DIFFERENT
ENTITY
GROUP
HUMAN
MANY
MARK
MEASUREMENTS
NONENTITY
ORIGINAL
OWN
PERSONALITY
PORTION
RIGHTS
SEAT
SINGLE
SOCIETY
STYLE
UNIQUE
WISH
WOMAN
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iv) Howard Gardner
Of the seven proposed types of intelligence proposed by Howard Gardner, which do you think is the most useful and why? Which do you think are more useful than others for particular individuals?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘intelligence’.
TEST
BRAINS
CLEVER
QUOTIENT
BRAIN
KNOWLEDGE
MIND
STUPIDITY
ALIEN
BRIGHT
EXAM
GREAT
HIGH
IDIOT
IGNORANCE
LACK
LACKING
LECTURER
MAN
NEVER
PRESSURE
QUICK
QUOTA
SENSE
SERIOUS
SMART
THOUGHT
UNDERSTANDING
UNIVERSITY
WISE
WISH
WIT
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v) Francis Crick
Is it possible to describe exactly what we see? If not, why? Can we say what a colour is without comparing it to something else?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘perception’.
SEE
SEEING
SIGHT
EYES
PSYCHOLOGY
INSIGHT
CLEAR
EXTRA-SENSORY
NOTICE
OBSERVE
PERCEIVE
PHILOSOPHY
SENSE
THOUGHT
ALERT
CLEVER
CORRECTION
DECEIVE
E.S.P.
EXISTENCE
EXPERIMENTS
EXTERNAL
EXTRA
EYE
HINT
IDEAS
ILLUSION
INNER
KEEN
KNOWLEDGE
LEARNED
LOOKING
METAPHYSICS
MIND
NARROW
OBJECTS
OBSERVATION
THINK
TRUTH
UNDERSTANDING
UNRELIABLE
VISUAL
WIT
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5. Nature
i) Francis Bacon
Can we really be sure of anything? Is there such a thing as truth?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘reality’.
LIFE
TRUTH
DREAM
FALSE
REAL
TRUE
NOW
DEATH
FACT
FANTASY
HAPPENING
IDEALISM
ILLUSION
UNREALITY
APPEARANCE
CRUEL
DIMENSION
DIMINISH
FICTION
GRIM
IDEAL
IDEALS
MISTAKEN
NEWS
NICE
NOTHING
PRESENT
PROOF
SIGNIFICANT
SOCIAL
SOLID
SURREALISM
TERRIBLE
VAGUE
VEIL
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ii) Charles Darwin
What is implied when man is put at the top of the evolutionary pyramid? Why do we think of ourselves as being at the top?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘evolution’.
MAN
LIFE
REVOLUTION
APES
BIRTH
DEVELOPMENT
EVOLVE
TIME
WORLD
ANIMALS
BABIES
BECOME
CHANGE
CHARGE
DINOSAUR
DISSOLUTION
DOWN
EARTH
FACT
FISH
GOD
HEREDITY
MANKIND
MONKEYS
NATURAL
ORGANIC
PREHISTORIC
PROGRESS
SCIENTIFIC
SEX
SPECIES
SURVIVAL
THEORY
TRUTH
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iii) Stephen Jay Gould
Are animals capable of cruelty? Is man capable of cruelty? In what basic ways do man and beast differ?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘instinct’.
KILLER
PATERNAL
AGGRESSIVE
ANIMAL
HERD
BEHAVIOUR
DESTRUCTIVE
DISTINCTION
IMPULSE
MOTHER
POSSESSIVE
REACTION
SIGN
THOUGHT
NATURAL
ANIMAL
NATURE
BIRDS
FEAR
IMPULSE
INTUITION
SENSE
SMELL
KNOWLEDGE
REACTION
REFLEX
THOUGHT
ACTION
ANIMALS
BABY
BASIC
BEE
BIRD
BITE
BLANK
CAVE-MAN
CLEAR
CRYING
DEATH
DRIVE
EXTINCT
FIRE
FLEE
FORCE
HABIT
IMMEDIATE
IMPORTANCE
INSECT
INSTINCTIVE
LEARNING
MATERNAL
MIND
NATIVE
NERVE
NEVER
NOTHING
PANIC
PRESERVATION
SEX
SURVIVAL
TIGER
WILL
WRONG
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6. Law and Order
i) Socrates
Is living within the law a rational thing to do? Why?/Why not?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘rationality’.
REASON
SENSE
LOGIC
REASONABLE
THOUGHT
SANITY
EVEN
MIND
NATIONALITY
SANE
ALIEN
BOREDOM
CAREFUL
CORRECT
DESIGN
DOUBT
FAIRNESS
FRACTION
FRACTIONS
GOOD
HONESTY
IDEALISM
ILLOGICAL
IMPORTANT
IMPOSSIBLE
INTUITION
LOGICAL
MAD
ORDER
PRACTICAL
PROGRESS
RATIONAL
REACTION
REASONING
SENSES
SENSIBLE
SOLUTION
STEADY
THINK
THINKING
VERBOSE
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ii) Robert Peel
Who should control the police force? Should the police force be answerable to anyone, and if so, to whom?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘police’.
CAR
MAN
FORCE
STATION
AUTHORITY
CONSTABLE
LAW
CALL
COURT
CRIME
CRIMINAL
CROOK
FEAR
FILE
GAZETTE
GUARD
GUN
INSPECTOR
JAIL
JUSTICE
LIGHTS
NOTICE
OFFICER
PLACE
POWER
PROTECT
STATE
TRIAL
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Rights
i) Alexis de Tocqueville
What are the benefits of being free? What are the benefits of feeling free? Is there a difference between being free and feeling free?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘free’.
COUNTRY
LOVE
SPEECH
FREEDOM
MAN
PRISON
BORN
CAPTIVE
GREAT
HOLD
LIBERAL
TRADE
WILL
BOND
DEMOCRACY
ENGAGED
EXPENSIVE
FOREVER
FREE
GIFT
GRATIS
IMPRISONED
LIBERATE
LIFE
LIVE
LOST
OFFER
PRESS
PRISONER
SAMPLE
SPACE
SUCCESS
THINKING
TIME
TRAPPED
UNATTACHED
WAY
UNBOUND
FOR NOTHING
RELEASED
LIBERAL
RELEASE
INDEPENDENT
BORN
ADMISSION
FANCY
UNLADEN
CAPTIVE
IMMUNITY
DUTY
OFFER
UNPAID
BONDAGE
DEMOCRATIC
ESCAPE
FREEDOM
INNOCENT
LAWLESS
LAX
PAID
UNHARMED
WANDERING
ANARCHY
BOREDOM
BOUND
CARE
CARELESS
CHOICE
DEPENDENT
EXPRESSION
FALL
FALLING
FLOWING
FREED
LET GO
LIVING
LOOSE
NATURALLY
OCCUPIED
OPENNESS
RADICAL
RANDOM
RUNNING
SPEECH
TOKEN
VACANT
ABDUCTED
ACCESS
ADMIT
ALONE
AMBITION
ANIMALS
BACHELORS
BELIEF
BOLD
CAGED
CAUGHT
CLAMPED
COMPARTMENT
COST
DECORATION
DELIVER
DETATCHED
DIFFICULT
EASIER
ELATION
ESCAPISM
FANTASTIC
FEARLESS
FEEL
FICKLE
FIRMAMENT
FREE
FREELY
GIFTS
GIVEN
GLORIOUS
HEALTH
HOSTAGE
IDEAS
IMPRECISE
IMPRISON
INCLINATION
INDIVIDUALITY
INNOCENCE
INSECURITY
JAIL
KINDLINESS
LEASE
LETTING
LICENCE
LOVE
MANIA
MARRIED
MURDERER
NEUTRAL
NONCONFORMIST
PASS
PRIVATE
PURCHASE
RAMBLE
RANGE
RECOUNT
REGARDLESS
REPUBLIC
RESISTANCE
RESPONSIBILITY
RESTRAINED
SELECTION
SOCIETY
STORAGE
STRUGGLE
TIED
TROUBLE
UNCONSCIOUS
WHATEVER
WILLING
WOOD
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ii) Mary Wollstonecraft
Is equality between people possible? If it is not possible, should we try to make it so? How?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘fairness’.
JUSTICE
JUST
EQUAL
EQUALITY
FAIR
JUDGE
EASY
FOUL
GOOD
TRUTH
CHEAT
EXAMS
CLASS
CLEAN
CONSIDERATE
CORRECT
DARKNESS
DURESS
EVEN
GAMES
GOODNESS
HONEST
JUDGEMENT
KIND
LIGHT
PALE
REFEREE
SHOULD BE
SPORT
SQUARE
UNCOMMON
UNDERSTANDING
WORK
WRONG
EQUALITY
INJUSTICE
RATIONALITY
REASONABLE
UNFAIRNESS
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ii) Carol Gilligan
Do men and women need to be different in order to build society, or doesn’t it matter? Can women do men’s tasks and vice versa?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘difference’.
SAME
BETWEEN
SIMILARITY
CHANGE
LARGE
STRANGE
SUBTRACT
ALTERATION
BARRIER
CALCULATE
CONCESSIVE
EQUATION
EVERYTHING
EVIDENT
EXCEPTION
FINITE
INDIFFERENCE
LIKENESS
NIL
ODD
ODDITY
OPINION
PAIR
PEOPLE
RELIGION
SAMENESS
SEPARATION
SIMILAR
SUM
TASTE
TOLERANCE
UNLIKE
VARIATION
DISTINCTION
SIMILARITY
COMPARISON
INDIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
EXCEPTION
VARIETY
AGREEMENT
CONSIDER
DIFFERENT
ESSENTIAL
OPINION
SUM
UNREAL
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iii) G.K. Chesterton
If one man’s rights clash with another’s, who shall decide whose rights are to be upheld?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘rights’.
WRONGS
CIVIL
HUMAN
WRONG
LAW
MAN
DEMONSTRATIONS
DUTIES
FREEDOM
OF MAN
BLACK
CIVIC
COMMUNITY
DEMOCRACY
LIBERTIES
NECESSARY
PLAY
PRINCIPLES
PRIVILEGE
PRIVILEGES
REAL
RIGHTS
WOMEN
EQUAL
CIVIL
HUMAN
AMENDS
DEMAND
BASIC
BILL
CHARTER
CONDITIONS
CONSTITUTION
DEFEND
DEMONSTRATE
DENIAL
EQUALITY
ETHICS
FORFEIT
INDIVIDUAL
LEGAL
OBLIGATIONS
PERSONAL
PROPERTY
REBELLION
RIGHTS
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8. Averting catastrophe
i) Aldo Leopold
Is land ever worthless? Why is some land worth more? Are we right in deciding which land is worth more to us?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘land’.
SEA
COUNTRY
HOUSE
AGENT
ARISTOCRACY
ARRIVE
DOCK
EARTH
ESTATE
GRANT
GRASS
HILLS
LOCKED
LOVE
NOTHING
OCEAN
OURS
OWNER
POSSESSION
PROMISED
PROPERTY
ROCKS
SIGHT
SLIDE
SOMEWHERE
TERRAIN
WATER
WONDERFUL
TERRAIN
SCAPE
FERTILE
BARREN
WASTE
CONTINENT
PLOT
PROPERTY
NATIVE
TRACT
CONTINENTS
FARMER
LAP
MOOR
DUKEDOM
ESTATE
HOLDING
PENINSULA
PROMISED
SLUMBER
SURVEY
COMMON
SIGHTED
AGRICULTURE
AGROUND
AREA
FARM
FIRMAMENT
GEOGRAPHIC
ISLE
LEASE
SETTLEMENT
TRESPASS
WONDER
ACES
ALIGHT
ALLOTMENT
DISCOVERED
ENCLOSURE
FARMS
FERTILITY
GENTRY
GEOGRAPHY
GROUND
PARK
PASTURE
PEASANT
PLOUGH
PREMISES
SCRUB
UNDULATE
UNKNOWN
ABROAD
ADVENTURE
ARID
ARISTOCRACY
BORDER
BORROW
CHARTER
CONTENTS
CONTOURS
COUNTRY
COVER
DALE
DESERT
DEVELOPMENT
DISCOVER
DOCK
DRAINAGE
EARTH
ECOLOGY
EROSION
FAMINE
FIELDS
FLAT
FORCES
FOREIGN
FOUNDERED
FUN
GEOLOGY
GEOMETRY
GESTURES
GRABS
HEATH
HOMES
INLAND
ISLAND
ISLES
KINGDOM
LACK
LANDING
LAW
MAINLAND
MANOR
MAP
MINES
NATURE
OCCUPIED
OWNED
PARCHED
PEASANTS
PICTURESQUE
PLAIN
PLEASANT
PRAIRIE
PRAISE
PRESERVE
PRIVATE
PROMISE
QUAKE
RENT
SAFETY
SEA
SEASCAPE
SHORE
SHRUB
SITE
STERILE
TILL
TITLE
UNDULATING
WASTED
WATERS
WONDERFUL
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iii) Donnella Meadows
Why should we respect the Earth? Are there ever any circumstances that lead us to show no respect to the Earth?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘respect’.
FATHER
ADMIRE .
LIKE
LOVE
PARENTS
ADMIRATION
ELDERS
HATE
WOMEN
AUTHORITY
HONOUR
PEOPLE
ABUSED
ADORE
ANARCHY
ANNOY
AWE
COUNTRY
DENIAL
DISRESPECT
ELDER
ESTEEM
FORMAL
GIVE
GOOD
GREAT
KINDLINESS
LOOK UP TO
PERSON
POLICEMAN
POLITENESS
PROSPECT
REGARD
SCHOOL
SELF
STATUS
UPLIFT
WITHOUT
WORSHIP
AWE
HONOUR
REGARD
HONOR
TEACHER
AFFECTION
BOW
CONNECT
CONSIDERATION
DEMAND
DISREGARD
DISTINGUISHED
DUTY
HONOURS
IMPRESS
INNOCENCE
JUDGE
MAGISTRATE
MANNER
PARENTS
REVERIE
SALUTE
SEEMLY
THIEF
TOKEN
TREAT
TRUST
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iv) Rachel Carson
Do we have the right to use land and natural resources as we see fit? How can we limit our hunger for resources?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘natural’.
SYNTHETIC
EASY
LIFE
NATURE
PEOPLE
SELECTION
STRANGE
ABILITY
AFFECTED
ANIMAL
ARTIFICIAL
BASE
BEAUTY
BEHAVIOUR
CAUSE
CONTRIVED
END
ENEMY
FACT
FALLEN
FEATURE
FEELING
FIELD
FLOWER
FOOD
FORCES
FRESH
GOOD
GREEN
HUMAN
INCLINATION
LOVELY
LOW
OCCURRENCE
ODD
ONESELF
ONLY
ORDER
ORDINARY
PHILOSOPHY
RARE
REACTION
REAL
REALISTIC
REFLEX
RELAX
RIGHT
SCIENCE
SEA
SELF
SENSE
SOURCE
SPRING
STONE
THING
TREE
UNUSUAL
WISH
WOMAN
INSTINCT
UNNATURAL
SINNER
NATURE
RESPONSE
SELECTION
SETTING
SUPER
ABILITY
AFFECTED
AUTOMATIC
AVOIDANCE
BREEDS
CAUSE
CONSIDERATE
EVOLUTION
FABRIC
HISTORY
HUMAN
INHUMAN
LIVELY
NATIVE
NEUTER
NEUTRAL
PHILOSOPHER
PHILOSOPHY
REALLY
REFLEX
RELIGIOUS
SURPRISE
SYNTHETIC
TRUST
UNIMPORTANT
URGE
WORTH
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iv) William Wordsworth
Is too much importance attached to commerce? Is there another way to live our lives, or is trading the only way?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘commerce’.
BUSINESS
TRADE
MONEY
INDUSTRY
COLLEGE
WORK
ACCOUNTING
ART
BANKER
BIG BUSINESS
BOOKS
BUILDING
CAPITALISM
COMMERCIAL
ECONOMICS
FACULTY
FIDDLING
LAW
SALESMEN
SCIENCE
SECRETARY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
TOIL
TRAVEL
TYPE
TYPING
WEALTH
WRITE
WRITING
COMMERCE
SKILLS
EXPORT
TOOLS
TOURIST
RETAIL
SKILL
SLAVE
HALL-MARK
DEFICIT
EXCHANGE
FREE
SHIPMENT
SHOPKEEPER
SLAVERY
TRICK
AID
BUILDER
COMMERCIAL
CRAFT
DEALER
DISTRIBUTED
ECONOMY
ENGINEERING
FACTOR
FOREIGN
GRADE
GUILDED
INDUSTRY
MANUFACTURER
MERCHANDISE
MOTOR
PLY
QUALITY
RANK
SELL
TEXTILE
TOOL
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v) D. H. Lawrence
What is the real value of the natural world to the individual? What price must we pay to destroy it?
Here are some words associated with the word ‘value’.
MONEY
WORTH
PRICE
LESS
BARGAIN
CHEAP
EXPENSIVE
GOLD
GOOD
GOODS
WORTHLESS
ADDED
ATTITUDE
COST
DEAR
FLOWER
FOR MONEY
GREAT
HIGH
INTELLECT
JEWELLERY
LASTING
LOSS
LOST
MAXIMUM
NOTHING
POUND
PRIZE
QUICKLY
RATEABLE
RELATIVE
SHOPPING
SUPERMARKET
SURPLUS
THOUGHTS
VALUELESS
WORTH
NUISANCE
PRESTIGE
THRESHOLD
PRICE
AMOUNT
CALCULATE
COMPANIONSHIP
CREDIT
CRITICAL
EFFECTIVE
EXCHANGE
EXPERIENCE
HALL-MARK
IMMIGRATION
INTEREST
JUDGE
MEAN
MEANS
MERIT
METRIC
MINIMUM
MORAL
NEBULOUS
OBJECTS
PAYMENT
PREMISES
PRINCIPLE
PRIZE
PROPERTY
RADIO
REAL
RESISTANCE
REWARD
SAVES
SILVER
STORE
TREASURE
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