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A Sense of Justice MCQ

Rawls theory of justice is designed to help people make ethical decisions in their everyday lives.

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Correct Answer: False

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The sexual division of labor has been a fundamental part of the marriage contract.

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Correct Answer: True

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The difference principle is a public system of rules that define offices and positions with their rights and duties, powers and immunities.

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Correct Answer: False

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Rawls attempts to demonstrate that if the parties are rational and act only in their own self-interest, they will choose the two principles of justice that he puts forward.

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Correct Answer: True

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Rawls’s conception of justice has modern origins.

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Correct Answer: False

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Rawl's approach is ______ in nature because his theoretical position favors establishing principles to govern our sense of justice; he sees us acting on principles rather than looking at consequences or at our individual character.

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Correct Answer: Kantian

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Just as Rawls viewed his theory as being applicable to social and economic justice issues, i.e., fair distribution of scarce resources, so too could it be applied to issues of ______.

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Correct Answer: Access to justice

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For Rawls, ______ can be a danger to a stable, well-ordered society and therefore ought to be regulated by public institutions.

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Correct Answer: Power

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One criticism of Rawls’ moral development is that he assumes ______.

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Correct Answer: That family institutions are just institutions

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In the second stage of moral development, the family itself is seen as a small association, with each member having rights and duties and with the child being taught standards of behavior as he or she develops. This stage is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Morality of association

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The principles specify the kinds of ______ that can take place and the forms of government that can be established.

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Correct Answer: Social cooperation

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Therefore, any departure from ______ may not be justified by greater social and economic advantages.

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Correct Answer: Equal liberty

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The difference principle reflects the Kantian principle that people are to be treated as ______.

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Correct Answer: Ends in themselves

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Under Rawls’ “difference principle,” ______.

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Correct Answer: Most inequalities are unjust

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If we make ______ in accordance with the principles, we will be acting morally.

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Correct Answer: Judgments

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For Rawls, a/an ______ is the fundamental charter of a well-ordered human association.

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Correct Answer: Public conception of justice

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Which of the following is one of Rawls’ principles of justice?

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Correct Answer: We all have an equal right to basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

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In his model, the persons who must decide and conclude this agreement from what is called the ______ are men and women of ordinary talents and tastes.

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Correct Answer: Original position

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Rawls follows a/an ______ approach to ethics.

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Correct Answer: Kantian

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John Rawls’ theory of justice is proposed as an alternative to ______.

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Correct Answer: Utilitarianism

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