Study Questions
By admin • Mar 22nd, 2006 • Category: Issue Two: RationalesGold
1. How have the geographic concentrations of natural resources in the world affected the global balance of power?
2. How do the United States’ and other countries’ energy policies influence alliances with other nations?
Gods
3. Is the use of violence in the name of religion ever justified?
4. To what extent does participation in an organized religion provide a sense of personal power?
5. To what extent is the seeking of religious converts a rationale for acquiring power? To what extent is power a byproduct of winning religious converts?
6. Who has power if Karl Marx’s assessment that religion is the “opiate of the masses” is correct?
Glory
7. From ancient to modern times, how have the Olympic games reflected individual as well as national glory?
8. To what extent do celebrities like Oprah Winfrey or Donald Trump seek fame and glory as a means to power?
9. To what extent does the United States’ success in the 20th century reflect a desire for glory?
10. To what extent does the average American equate material wealth with personal power?
