Question 1

According to Case 3.2, "Battling Over Bottled Water", water is the lifeblood of the earth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Talk of justice and injustice appeals to the related notions of

Accepted Answer

A)  fairness, equality, desert 
B)  reason, reflection, deliberation 
C)  feeling, sentiment, happiness 
D)  fairness, impartiality, duty 
A)  fairness, equality, desert 
B)  reason, reflection, deliberation 
C)  feeling, sentiment, happiness 
D)  fairness, impartiality, duty

Question 3

Robert Nozick uses the Wilt Chamberlain story to show the importance of economic re-distribution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The United States leads the world in executive pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Mill justified utilitarianism from rival perspectives when he argued

Accepted Answer

A)  that without utilitarianism to provide a determinate standard of justice, one is always left with a plethora of competing principles of justice, all of which seem to have plausibility but are mutually incompatible. 
B)  that social utility is irrelevant to issues of justice. 
C)  against worker participation. 
D)  that only utilitarianism itself, as a normative theory, can provide an answer to the question: What economic system will bring more good to society than any other system? 
A)  that without utilitarianism to provide a determinate standard of justice, one is always left with a plethora of competing principles of justice, all of which seem to have plausibility but are mutually incompatible. 
B)  that social utility is irrelevant to issues of justice. 
C)  against worker participation. 
D)  that only utilitarianism itself, as a normative theory, can provide an answer to the question: What economic system will bring more good to society than any other system?

Question 7

According to Mill's utilitarianism,

Accepted Answer

A)  rights are certain moral rules whose observance is of the utmost importance for the long-run, overall maximization of happiness. 
B)  there are no rights. 
C)  the rights possessed by human beings remain unchanged for all times and places. 
D)  rights are those rules that a majority of the society would agree to behind the "veil of ignorance." 
A)  rights are certain moral rules whose observance is of the utmost importance for the long-run, overall maximization of happiness. 
B)  there are no rights. 
C)  the rights possessed by human beings remain unchanged for all times and places. 
D)  rights are those rules that a majority of the society would agree to behind the "veil of ignorance."

Question 8

The phrase "the declining marginal utility of money" means that successive additions to one's income produce, on average, less happiness or welfare than did earlier additions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

According to Case 3.2, "Battling Over Bottled Water", water is the lifeblood of the earth.

Talk of justice and injustice appeals to the related notions of

Robert Nozick uses the Wilt Chamberlain story to show the importance of economic re-distribution.

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

The United States leads the world in executive pay.

Mill justified utilitarianism from rival perspectives when he argued

According to Mill's utilitarianism,

The phrase "the declining marginal utility of money" means that successive additions to one's income produce, on average, less happiness or welfare than did earlier additions.

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Exam 3: Justice and Economic Distribution

According to Case 3.2, "Battling Over Bottled Water", water is the lifeblood of the earth.

Talk of justice and injustice appeals to the related notions of

Robert Nozick uses the Wilt Chamberlain story to show the importance of economic re-distribution.

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

The United States leads the world in executive pay.

Mill justified utilitarianism from rival perspectives when he argued

According to Mill's utilitarianism,

The phrase "the declining marginal utility of money" means that successive additions to one's income produce, on average, less happiness or welfare than did earlier additions.

The Nature of Morality

Normative Theories of Ethics

The Nature of Capitalism

Corporations

Consumers

The Environment

The Workplace 1: Basic Issues

The Workplace 2: Todays Challenges

Moral Choices Facing Employees

Job Discrimination

Filters