Week 4 Quiz – Chapter 3 Quiz
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Question 1
What philosopher believes the maximin rule is relevant to justice?Selected Answer: John RawlsCorrect Answer: -
Question 2
John Rawls’ Theory of Justice lays within which type of tradition?Selected Answer: Social contract.Correct Answer: -
Question 3
Aristotle’s formal principle of justice states,Selected Answer: similar cases must be treated alike except where there is some relevant difference.Correct Answer: -
Question 4
The first principle of Nozick’s entitlement theory concerns the original acquisition ofSelected Answer: goods, money, and property.
d. the crown.Correct Answer: -
Question 5
Eminent domain is the ancient right of government to take what from an individual?Selected Answer: propertyCorrect Answer: -
Question 6
The veil of ignorance assures us that people in the original position will beSelected Answer: impartial.Correct Answer: -
Question 7
In Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick advocatesSelected Answer: Libertarianism.Correct Answer: -
Question 8
According to John Rawls,Selected Answer: people in the original position choose the principles on the basis of self-interest.Correct Answer: -
Question 9
From John Stuart Mill’s viewpoint,Selected Answer: not every issue of social utility was a matter of justice.Correct Answer: -
Question 10
To the libertarians, their concept of liberty includes a commitment toSelected Answer: private property.Correct Answer: -
Question 11
In Nozick’s example of Wilt Chamberlain, he argues that other theories of economic justice inevitably fail to respect people’sSelected Answer: liberty.Correct Answer: -
Question 12
Mill justified utilitarianism from rival perspectives when he arguedSelected Answer: that without utilitarianism to provide a determinate standard of justice, one is always left with a plethora of competing principles of justice, all of which seem to have plausibility but are mutually incompatible.Correct Answer: -
Question 13
According to libertarianism,Selected Answer: it would be unjust to coerce people to give food or money to the starving.Correct Answer: -
Question 14
The veil of ignorance proposes thatSelected Answer: those in the original position are supposed to choose principles on the basis of self-interest, agreement seems unlikely.Correct Answer: -
Question 15
Who is more likely to be sympathetic with the idea of reducing the disparities of income in society?Selected Answer: UtilitariansCorrect Answer: