Deck 5: The Essence of Rights and Liberty: Views on Justice, Citizenship, and Equality

Question 1

„Rights are those external conditions which are needed for the internal development of the individual?- is the essence of the

A)idealist theory of rights
B)legal theory of rights
C)historical theory of rights
D)fascist

Answer 1

idealist theory of rights

Question 2

„Liberty is not meaningful unless it is incorporated in a system of rights recognized by the state?. This view was propounded by

A)j. bentham
B)t.h. green
C)john locke
D)herbert spencer

Answer 2

t.h. green

Question 3

Barker?s view of justice is the synthesis of

A)liberty and equality
B)liberty, equality and fraternity
C)equality and fraternity
D)liberty and

Answer 3

liberty and equality

Question 4

Who among the following denied the existence of rights before the development of society?

A)hobbes
B)j. locke
C)j. rousseau
D)t.h. green

Question 5

Who thinks that without liberty man cannot attain rational and moral perfection and be an ideal human being?

A)j. s. mill
B)machiavelli
C)hitler
D)mussolini

Question 6

According to the classical liberals

A)democracy and liberty are complementary to each other
B)democracy is a threat to liberty
C)liberty is the end of democracy
D)liberty is the right to self realization

Question 7

Who considered justice as a virtue of soul?

A)aristotle
B)kelson
C)nozick
D)plato

Question 8

Who considered justice as individual rights?

A)aristotle
B)kelson
C)nozick
D)plato

Question 9

Who considered justice as an irrational notion?

A)aristotle
B)kelson
C)nozick
D)plato

Question 10

Who considered justice as proportionate equality?

A)aristotle
B)kelson
C)nozick
D)plato

Question 11

Unlike subject hood, citizenship rests on

A)patriotism
B)obedience
C)duties
D)rule of law

Question 12

The statement "Right, in fact are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek, in general to be himself at his best" was made by

A)t.h green
B)h.j. laski
C)rousseau
D)marx

Question 13

Which one of the following is a central attribute of Plato?s notion of Justice?

A)equality
B)liberty
C)fraternity
D)harmony

Question 14

Which one of the following concepts distinguishes citizenship from subject hood?

A)patriotism
B)obedience
C)duties
D)rights

Question 15

From which one of the following perspectives, has the notion of human rights been criticized?

A)universalism
B)cultural identity
C)secularism
D)individualism

Question 16

The kind of equality that the rule of law enshrines, is

A)substantive
B)procedural
C)distributive
D)patterned

Question 17

According to Hobbes, man may resist the sovereign if the later fails to provide him

A)welfare
B)security
C)equality
D)justice

Question 18

„Human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves rights, rights demand the state?-who has made this statement?

A)laski
B)barker
C)green
D)hegel

Question 19

„The highest moral law is that we should unremittingly work for the good of mankind?- who said?

A)j.s. mill
B)mahatma gandhi
C)sri aurobindo
D)mussolini

Question 20

For Gandhiji, Swaraj meant

A)self rule
B)rule of law
C)rule of morally good person
D)pursuit of good of all

Question 21

Concept of negative liberty emphasizes on

A)freedom of choice
B)absence of interference
C)autonomy
D)self direction

Question 22

Which one of the following types of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality?

A)legal equality
B)political equality
C)social equality
D)economic equality

Question 23

Which one of the following principles is denoted by the Dicey?s rule of law?

A)equality before law and rule by law
B)rule by law and law alone and due process of law
C)equality before law and administrative law
D)rule by law; equality before law and due process of law

Question 24

Which one of the following statements on feminism is not correct?

A)liberal feminism stands for equal rights and opportunities in public and political life
B)socialist feminism highlights link between female subordination and the capitalist mode of production
C)radical feminism proclaims that the „personal is political and political is personal?.
D)post- feminism maintains that family be abolished

Question 25

Pluralist theory of sovereignty believes in

A)distribution of sovereign power
B)concentration of sovereign power
C)both concentration and distribution of sovereign power
D)unlimited sovereign power