Deck 3: Justice and Economic Distribution

Question 1

Nozick begins with the premise that people have

A)Certain basic moral rights
B)Equality of income
C)Equality of opportunity
D)Certain basic positive rights

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The topic of the proper distribution of burdens and benefits is known as

A)Distributive justice
B)Retributive justice
C)Economic welfare
D)Laissez-faire economics

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Nozick calls his theory

A)Ahistorical
B)Historical
C)Patterned
D)Egalitarian

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Rawls views society as

A)A set of competing individuals
B)A set of contracting individuals
C)As a cooperative project for mutual benefit
D)As a competitive project for exclusive benefit

Question 5

Libertarians endorse

A)The welfare state
B)Positive rights
C)Free markets
D)Restricted markets

Question 6

Justice for Mill was ultimately a matter of

A)Luck
B)Promoting social well-being
C)Property rights
D)Enforced equality

Question 7

Rawls's theory of justice is

A)A libertarian theory
B)An egalitarian theory
C)A utilitarian theory
D)A retributivist theory

Question 8

Nozick refers to the firm restrictions that rights impose as

A)Side constraints
B)Lockean constraints
C)Side bars
D)Liberty constraints

Question 9

Libertarians hold that market relations are necessary to respect

A)Human liberty
B)The common good
C)Individual well-being
D)Positive rights

Question 10

Who is known for first holding that we should treat like cases alike?

A)Plato
B)Epicurus
C)Cicero
D)Aristotle

Question 11

For Locke, prior to the formation of government property rights were limited by the requirement that one not waste, and by the restriction that

A)One only take what on could eat in a day
B)One could only take what one could carry
C)Enough and as good was left for others
D)Others received the same amount

Question 12

Rawls regards natural talents as

A)Deserved
B)A common asset
C)Unjust
D)Historically embedded

Question 13

Locke held that individuals are entitled to

A)The products of a welfare state
B)What they can acquire
C)What they possess
D)The products of their labor

Question 14

Who made the violation of one's moral rights the defining characteristic of injustice?

A)John Stuart Mill
B)Adam Smith
C)Karl Marx
D)Robert Nozick

Question 15

Rawls suggests that we imagine the people in the original position choosing on the basis of

A)Self interest
B)Altruism
C)The common good
D)Equality for all

Question 16

Libertarians assume that liberty means

A)Freedom
B)Noninterference
C)Equality
D)Liberation

Question 17

The distinctive core of Rawls's theory is the

A)Difference principle
B)Ignorance principle
C)Equality principle
D)Historical principle

Question 18

Rawls, on his own account, presents his theory as a modern alternative to

A)Deontology
B)Libertarianism
C)Social contract theory
D)Utilitarianism

Question 19

Brandt defends the equality of after-tax income on

A)Libertarian grounds
B)Deontological grounds
C)Utilitarian grounds
D)Egalitarian grounds

Question 20

Nozick calls his theory of justice the

A)Welfare theory
B)Lockean theory
C)Absolute theory
D)Entitlement theory

Question 21

Who holds that different norms and principles govern different distributive spheres?

A)Rawls
B)Walzer
C)Mill
D)Nozick

Question 22

Justice is a new concept.

Question 23

The increasing utility of money stems from the fact that the outcomes we want are preferentially ordered.

Question 24

Libertarians prohibit force and fraud.

Question 25

The state of nature occurred after the formation of government.

Question 26

America is a libertarian utopia.

Question 27

Nozick believes that persons have property rights.

Question 28

The first principle of Nozick's theory concerns justice in the transfer of property between its holders

Question 29

Justice is often used to mean fairness.

Question 30

Who wrote Anarchy, State, and Utopia?

A)Rawls
B)Walzer
C)Mill
D)Nozick

Question 31

Who wrote A Theory of Justice?

A)Rawls
B)Walzer
C)Mill
D)Nozick

Question 32

Who wrote Spheres of Justice?

A)Rawls
B)Walzer
C)Mill
D)Nozick

Question 33

Many utilitarians would favorably view increase worker participation in industrial life.

Question 34

Locke held that persons had a moral right to property.

Question 35

Nozick's theory of economic justice is an entitlement theory.

Question 36

Rawls was a libertarian.