1. Rawls theory of justice is designed to help people make ethical decisions in their everyday lives.
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False
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2. The sexual division of labor has been a fundamental part of the marriage contract.
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True
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3. 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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False
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4. 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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True
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5. Rawls’s conception of justice has modern origins.
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False
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6. 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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Kantian
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7. 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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Access to justice
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8. 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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Power
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9. One criticism of Rawls’ moral development is that he assumes ______.
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That family institutions are just institutions
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10. 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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Morality of association
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11. The principles specify the kinds of ______ that can take place and the forms of government that can be established.
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Social cooperation
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12. Therefore, any departure from ______ may not be justified by greater social and economic advantages.
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Equal liberty
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13. The difference principle reflects the Kantian principle that people are to be treated as ______.
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Ends in themselves
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14. Under Rawls’ “difference principle,” ______.
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Most inequalities are unjust
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15. If we make ______ in accordance with the principles, we will be acting morally.
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Judgments
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16. For Rawls, a/an ______ is the fundamental charter of a well-ordered human association.
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Public conception of justice
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17. Which of the following is one of Rawls’ principles of justice?
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We all have an equal right to basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.
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18. 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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Original position
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19. Rawls follows a/an ______ approach to ethics.
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Kantian
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20. John Rawls’ theory of justice is proposed as an alternative to ______.
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Utilitarianism
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