Exam 3: Justice and Economic Distribution

According to the "maximin" rule,you should select the alternative under which the worst that could happen to you is better than the worst that could happen to you under any other alternative.

Define "Lockean rights" in your own words.

What philosopher believes the maximin rule is relevant to justice?

The United States leads the world in executive pay.

Libertarians would find it immoral and unjust to coerce people to give food or money to the starving.

From John Stuart Mill's viewpoint,

Who is more likely to be sympathetic with the idea of reducing the disparities of income in society?

The veil of ignorance proposes that

In his Principles of Political Economy,J.S.Mill argued for the desirability of breaking down the sharp and hostile division between the producers or workers,on the one hand,and the capitalists or owners,on the other hand.

The distribution of income in Germany and Japan is far more unequal than that in the United States.

Briefly explain the basic principles of Nozick's entitlement theory.

What do economists mean by "the declining marginal utility of money" and how does Brandt use the concept to argue for greater economic equality?

What is the "maximin" rule for making decisions and what role does it play in Rawls's argument?

It is clear that women in the United States have no problem living the American Dream.

Primary social goods include

According to Robert Nozick,the basic moral rights possessed by all human beings are both negative and natural.

Talk of justice and injustice appeals to the related notions of

According to Mill,if the market is left without regulation,will it eventually reward those that deserve it?

According to libertarianism,liberty is the prime value,and justice consists in being free from the interference of others.

The first principle of Nozick's entitlement theory concerns the original acquisition of