1. What are some typical issues regarding justice, law, and social responsibility addressed in political and
social philosophy?
2. According to Plato, what characterizes a just society, and why is democracy a threat to it?
3. Why does Aristotle claim that the state is naturally prior to the individual?
4. How do (a) Plato and Aristotle differ from (b) social contract theorists (e.g., Hobbes) regarding why
people should treat one another justly?
5. Why does Hobbes argue that human beings are naturally at war with one another and in need of "a common
power to keep them all in awe"?