HOMEWORK Modules 13-15 All readings discussed below (except for The Prince) are from the Human

Rights book. Be sure to answer everything thoroughlyabout a paragraph for each bullet. Factually correct answers are important, but be sure to provide some analysis as well. Pay attention to spelling and grammar, and be sure to give original answersthe Academic Integrity policy is in effect.

QUESTIONS FOR UTOPIA AND THE PRINCE What do you think is Thomas Mores view of human nature? Human nature inn Mores view was greed for power. More elaborates, More himself was a ruthless persecutor of heretics (187).

What was Mores motive in writing Utopia? Utopia was the ideal of state. More explains, Mores Utopia is an idyll where- in an anticipation of Rousseau- property is regarded as the root of all social evil (187).

What practices and institutions in the land of Utopia seem sensible? Which ones seem bizarre? The first thing that comes to mind when Utopia is spoken or written is portrayed as peaceful and freedom. However, in Mores version Utopia was a humans behavior of greed and control. More concludes, In Utopia, land is held in common, hours of work are regulated, there is free education for men and women, and there is religious tolerance (187).

Does Machiavellis view of human nature differ from that of Thomas More? Explain. More was a dreamer, while Machiavelli was a realist. Mores view focused on the community, relinquishing of materialism, and education. Machiavellis The Prince, describes Machiavellis view on how to deal with humans who are nothing but liars, cheaters, murders, and they will try to earn youre trust to only to betray.

QUESTIONS FOR NINETY-FIVE THESES AND SPEECH BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS What was the Diet? Why was it convened? Why was Luther summoned before the Diet? The Diet of the Worms was the idea of right and wrong. According to Speech Before the Diet of Worms, 1521, Most serene Emperor according to your command, God, to listen which favor to the defense of a cause which I am well assured is just and right (214). Luther had committed a crime in which he was defending himself and asking God for forgiveness. He knows he offend the king which he is pleading that he will receive minimal punishment if he stop writing about the doctrine or spreading his belief. Speech Before the Diet of Worms continues, Most serene Emperor I this day appear before you in all humility, according to your command, and I implore your majesty and your august highness, by the mercies of assured is just and right. I ask pardon for I have not been brought up in kings palace, but in the se

What was Luthers answer to the question of spiritual salvation? Spiritual salvation is not obtained by trusting in faith or reading the Bible but through the individual. Luther states, This soon moved beyond mere criticism of indulgences to the doctrine of salvation through faith not good works, and the assertion that the Bible, not the Church, was final authority for conduct and belief (206).

What were Luthers reasons for refusing to recant? He knew he was wrong, but refused to leave people in the dark. He wanted the public to know the truth like he does. Luther continues, In the desire and with the purpose of elucidating the truth, a disputation will be held on the underwritten propositions at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Monk of the Order of St Augustine, Master of Arts and of Scared Theology, and ordinary Reader of the same in that place (207).

What is the basis for spiritual authority, according to Luther? Spiritual authority was based off of the individual.

Why is Luthers confrontation with the Diet so significant for the History of the West? He caused the Protestant Reformism to begin and continue even after his death. Luther concludes, By the time Luthers death in 1546, numerous Protestant

nations in Europe had already broken away from Catholicism, and the inherent radicalism John Calvinism (1509-64), whose Institutes of the Christian Religion from 1536 was strongly democratic and egalitarian (206).

In what ways did Luthers teachings differ from that of the traditional teaching of the Church? Luther teaching had more truth and portrayed that God will not do all the work like the traditional Church did. Luther wanted his followers to work to reach salvation because they are their own leaders they just follow the guidelines of Gods teaching.

QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD (P. 184) What was Christopher Columbus seeking when he went on his voyage in 1492? Columbus voyage was to look for a new trading route. According to Christopher Columbus, A native Genoa (Italy), Columbus undertook his 1492 journey on behalf of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. The purpose of the voyage was the discovery of a trade route to China and India by sailing westward (184).

To what extent, do you think, does Columbus bear responsibility for the decimation of the Native population of the Americas? Explain. Columbus honestly thought he was in India; therefore, he called the natives in America Indians believing he was on Indias soil. The name Indians stayed as the media still portrayed Native Americans as Indians in cartoons and in children movies. So I do believe that Columbus bear the responsibility for decimation of the Native population of the Americas.

Works Cited Columbus, Christopher. In the New World. A Documentary of History of Human Rights: a Record of the Events, Documents and Speeches that Shaped our World. Ed. Jon E. Lewis. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. 184-186. Print. Martin, Luther. The Ninety-Five Theses, 1517. A Documentary of History of Human Rights: a Record of the Events, Documents and Speeches that Shaped our World. Ed. Jon E. Lewis. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. 206-213. Print. _. Speech Before the Diet of Worms, 1521. A Documentary of History of Human Rights: a Record of the Events, Documents and Speeches that Shaped our World. Ed. Jon E. Lewis. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. 214-216. Print. More, Sir Thomas. From Utopia, 1516. A Documentary of History of Human Rights: a Record of the Events, Documents and Speeches that Shaped our World. Ed. Jon E. Lewis. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.187-199. Print.